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The Royal Bank of Scotland has relit the touchpaper on the long-running rumour of US retail giant GameStop’s interest in acquiring The GAME Group. The rumination came in an RBS note to analysts today, in which it also allayed fears that Morrisons’ ‘crazy’ prices drops on games this week will …

Japanese publisher/developer Capcom has revealed it wants to sign up sports games developed by independent studios in the West as part its bid to target the casual games space. In its 2008 investors report, published today, the Japanese publisher/developer’s COO said the firm is still keen to grow its slate …

The new, improved Gizmondo mk.2 console will definitely be on sale in Europe by Christmas. No need to check your screen: that’s a promise by the CEO of the creator of the handheld console. Mediapower boss Rich Jenkins has shown off the new system for the first time to a …

CEDEC2008: Inaugural Japanese developer event recognises local creators' achievements

Game studio reps present at Animation Festival

B2B event scores big-name backing ahead of November event in Lyon

Japanese firm plans to sign sports titles by independent studios to help grow its casual game slate

A leading Muslim youth group has poured scorn on a new online Flash title which encourages users to ‘wipe out the Muslim race [sic]’. The Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph and more national newspapers have printed the Ramadhan Foundation’s comments condemning Muslim Massacre yesterday – handing the game unprecedented publicity into …

Though the official sales numbers are yet to be revealed, Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft is claiming that sales of its machines have experienced a 100 per cent upturn across all SKUs following its recent price cuts in the territory . A press release, supplied via Kotaku, reads: Coming off …

George Lucas’ games development and publishing outfit LucasArts has announced that its demo for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has set a new download record on Xbox Live, with the playable snippet being sampled over a million times since its arrival on Xbox Live. This feat beats the …