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Namco Bandai has acquired a 34 per cent stake in Infogrames’ European and Asian distribution operations, in turn creating a new ‘standalone entity’ that will handle the distribution of both businesses’ boxed product as well as other publishers’ titles. The newly-formed group will boast Infogrames’ existing global distribution network, and …

'War room' games developer using Epic middleware for arena-based auto-fighter

New system lets those looking to learn Maya log on to classes from anywhere in the world

Super publisher EA has beaten seven bells out of its chart opposition this week by claiming the top three spots in the Gfk ChartTrack UK All Format Top 40 – with Pandemic’s free-roaming blast-em-up Mercenaries 2: World in Flames leading the charge. Mercenaries’ success was no doubt aided by its …

You only have to look at Fleet Street’s recent witchunt of Sega’s Madworld to know that gaming is still a long way from being considered a ‘buddy’ of the national newspapers. But it’s been much, much worse in the past. Ladies and gents, please join us in looking back over …

You only have to look at Fleet Street’s recent witchunt of Sega’s Madworld to know that gaming is a long way from being considered a ‘buddy’ of the national newspapers. But it’s been much, much worse in the past. Ladies and gents, please join us in looking back over some …

The first beautiful example of ill-informed public figures losing the plot over video games, Sega CD release Night Trap combined a dangerous mix of ACTUAL VIDEO (it’s almost real!!!), near-naked hotties and B-movie violence. Censorship-humping senator Joe Lieberman attacked the game for encouraging users to slaughter the nubile stars – …

You can’t tell us Midway didn’t have a sneaking suspicion that it wouldn’t inspire countless angered column inches with its comically gory beat-‘em up. And by including so much blood in the original MK, it hit the jackpot where the likes of Death Race (reckless motoring in 1976) and Custer’s …

Ah, blood. These days, the joy of the crimson splurge is a pre-requisite of your hardcore gamer – and a lust for polygonal lifejuice is sated in pretty much every 18-rated title on the market. But a decade ago, hemoglobin was a much rarer commodity, and Eidos’ generosity with the …

Never one to let the facts get in the way of putting the willies up its arthritic audience, The Daily Mail’s timeless front-page headline from August, 2004 still causes pale faces at ELSPA – as does the next day’s crusading follow-up of ‘Ban These Evil Games’. The ‘story’ referred to …