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LucasArts claims big industry players will migrate to Asian city state and build new studios

Recently-acquired Activision team is rumoured to be working on game with turntable peripheral

UK supermarket Morrisons has set its sights on producing a new ‘unique’ non-food and entertainment offering. Following the company’s massive price cuts on games this month, CEO Marc Bolland has said he is keen to widen the appeal of the retailer. According to Retail Week, the grocer’s home and leisure …

Lionhead Studios boss Peter Molyneux has spoken of his concerns over the restrictive nature of ‘core’ and ‘casual’ games – adding that development of the latter ‘are frowned on a bit’. For the full story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz.

High Street chain Zavvi celebrates its first birthday this week, and the firm has told MCV that its video game offering now rivals the range available at GAME. Video games account for 30 per cent of Zavvi’s business, putting it ahead of music in terms of sales, and CEO Simon …

Itâ??s now three years since the coding team behind PS3 audio graced the first Develop conference en masse for an exciting audio track session which saw them emerge from behind closed doors to talk publically about their pioneering work.

Korea (specifically, the southern region of Korea officially called the Republic of Korea) is infamous as the modern capital of gaming in Asia.

South Korea is home to over 200 games developers â?? the majority of which self-publish their games online for PC â?? a not unimpressive level of scale for a country with a population just shy of 50m.

Codemasters UK has revealed that its first batch of titles from the Majesco deal will hit retail shelves from the end of September. The agreement, signed earlier this year, will see the Warwickshire-based publisher bring selected family-focused Majesco titles to PAL territories including the UK, with titles for Wii, DS …

As the working week moves towards its natural conclusion, it’s time for a bit of light relief – with CasualGaming.biz’s celeb game of the week… Click here for the full story.