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Just months after poaching SCE WWS president Phil Harrison from Sony, hiring EA vet David Gardner as CEO and appointing a former Apple exec to its team, the Atari reformation continues – the company has hired SingStar director Paulina Bozek to head up a new online games studio. The new …

Eidos creative director Ian Livingstone has told Edge that the publishers’ re-structuring program is ‘going very well’ after the beleaguered publisher revealed that it would be cutting 25 per cent of its workforce and moving to a ‘studio-led’ structure. The publisher has been releatively quiet since the announcement was made …

BAFTA-winning director of SingStar franchise to head up new London-based online studio

Following yesterday’s US announcement , Activision Blizzard has announced that Call of Duty: World at War will deploy at UK retail on November 14th on Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS, PS2 and PlayStation 3. The game marks a return to WWII for the franchise, and multiplayer betas are due to …

Quitting CTW after many years of service in June 1998, the MCV launch team knew they had to get Issue One out by ECTS, being held in September at Olympia. This meant eleven weeks between heart-breaking resignation and first deadline. Eleven weeks to start being accepted by somebody, anybody, at …

You started your Games Convention conference by talking about ‘losers becoming winners’ – could you explain what exactly you were referring to? I was talking more about the industry – I think the industry in general has not been viewed in a good light. I remember when I joined the …

Presto3D allows buyers to view 3D previews of models within browser

Ubisoft has announced that Far Cry 2 will be released on October 24th on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Alongside the usual game, a special collectors edition will also be available and will contain an exclusive wooden box, the Far Cry 2 game, a limited edition t-shirt, an art …

Jesse Divinch of analyst firm Electronic Entertainment Design has said that Sony must seriously consider adjusting the RRP of PS3 this Q4 or else face the prospect of being beaten by Xbox 360 in the festive sales war. Edge Online quotes Divinich as saying: Between Sony and Nintendo, Sony should …

Following its recent price cuts to its hardware SKUs in both North America and Japan (though not Europe – yet) Microsoft has announced a limited time promotion on Xbox Live that will see an assortment of DLC cut in price. With cuts of up to 60 per cent, leading offers …