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Asda has asked around 15 of its entertainment distributors to set up direct accounts, should its relationship with Woolworths-owned buying team EUK ‘suddenly deteriorate’. And the supermarket has even admitted that it could be tempted into buying EUK as a last resort. That’s according to Cue Entertainment, which reports that …

VGXPO spin-off to hit US at end of November

If naming all PAL territories were a pub quiz question, the Middle East would be the answer everyone would be kicking themselves for forgetting come the pint’n’pig snacks break. With piracy and typically harsh censorship rife, it’s little wonder that the region has never won status as a particular priority …

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has detailed some of the functions of the new DSi, whilst dismissing the idea that the product is reaction to the success of iPhone or the technologoical ability of PSP. In an interview with Nikkei Net, Iwata said that instead the goal was to make the …

EA chairman Larry Probst has been named the new boss of the US Olympic Committee (USOC). Probst, who recinded his role of CEO at EA after 23 years when John Riccitiello took over the role last year, becomes chairman of the organisation. The 10-member Olympic Board chose Probst in a …

Initial free batch could usher new opportunities for mod teams

In an interview with Wired.com, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sales and marketing Cammie Dunaway has stated that the unveiling of DSi doesn’t mean the end of the DS Lite. When asked whether DSi would replace DS Lite, Dunaway said: Right now we’re still working through what the …

Trade association says authorities should back games industry regardless of credit crunch

Distance learning students found Faramix a year before graduation

Epicâ??s stature amongst developers is matched only by its support amongst gamers. With the second of its Gears of War games out next month, we spoke to the studioâ??s design director Cliff Bleszinski to find out more about the development of the sequelâ?¦