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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 …

WBIE is pretty new to the games industry – what’s your strategy? Our main objective is to establish all of the Warner Bros. franchises in the video game market, and not just to be a movie games publisher. I’d like to ensure that the franchises we have are anticipated by …

The Develop Quiz returns in December, bringing the industry together for a key networking event

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment president Martin Tremblay has told MCV that the firm is keen on creating more of its own intellectual property as it establishes itself in the games market. Speaking in an exclusive interview, Tremblay said: It’s going to be natural for us, if you look at Warner’s …

With no full home console version of Tony Hawk’s on the cards this year, extreme sports fans will be delighted with the news that the popular franchise will be returning soon – with a new motion-sensitive outing on Nintendo DS. Curiously, the game will also come bundled with a second …

Law firm Davenport Lyons has warned the industry over the growth in illegal file-sharing, and has called for publishers to join the campaign to stamp out the increasingly popular form of online piracy. The news follows the recent claim against a woman who has been forced to pay damages of …