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Japan to see simultaneous UMD and PlayStation Store releases of new handheld titles

SPECIAL REPORT: Apple tells Develop that its digitial download service can boost gaming

Italian studio licenses classic property for Wii/PC/PS3/360 game and now seeks publishing deal

Creative Industries Observatory says subsidies should be considered by the government

Atari president to keynote event dedicated to game engine

As the world goes ga-ga over the news of Halo 3: Recon , Microsoft’s UK marketing boss has told MCV that strategy spin-off Halo Wars will revolutionise” the RTS genre. Head of gaming and entertainment at Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division Stephen McGill told MCV: Any release in the Halo …

Sony has confirmed that all of its future UMD PSP titles will be released simultaneously for download on the upcoming PSP Store – which, incidentally, has been given a Japanese launch date of October 15th. CVG reports that SCEJ’s Destroy All Heroes 2 will be the first title to be …

As part of its conference at the Tokyo Games Show, Microsoft has confirmed that Namco Bandai’s Tekken 6 will be released simultaneously on both Xbox 360 and PS3 in autumn 2009. Tekken is a long-standing PlayStation exclusive, having made its name on Sony’s first machine. However, following Square Enix’s decision …

EUK has rubbished any suggestion that a troubled relationship with publishers could derail its business – insisting that 95 per cent of suppliers” have pledged their full support to the firm. Speaking exclusively to MCV in a candid interview, EUK managing director Steve Lewis admitted that credit insurers refusing cover …

It’s been claimed , and denied , repeatedly since the demise of HD-DVD , but now new talk of a possible Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360 has emerged. Xbit Laboratories claims that the Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology Corp has already entered into a contract to build external Blu-ray drives for Xbox …