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Gamescom will emerge as the leading European trade and consumer games event next year, as top industry executives back the Cologne show – leaving the future of Leipzig Games Convention hanging in the balance. Despite the success of GC 2008 – which drew upwards of 200,000 visitors – Gamescom’s favourable …

Creator of Devil May Cry Hideki Kamiya has launched a scathing attack on Ninja Gaiden, the most recent game from cult developer Tomonobu Itagaki, saying that he’s not interested” in the series. The comments come after Itagaki accused the Devil May Cry man of being asleep in the eight years …

LittleBigPlanet producer admits game will be 'great way to recruit new designers'

£5,000 competition to close for submissions in two weeks

There are big question marks hanging over Terminal Reality’s video game adaptation of classic ‘80s movie outing Ghostbusters at the moment – but another spectre has appeared on the horizon with the news that a major retailer has removed all mention of the title from its website. Kotaku reports that …

Nottingham-based MMO tech and game firm doubles in size for new projects

It’s pretty safe to say that this Friday signifies the end of what we’ve all come to call the traditional summer drought – with a number of big hitting triple-A releases heralding the beginning of the Q3/Q4 rush. What the most significant release is this week really comes down to …

Vivendi posted its second quarter results with its EBITA (Earnings before interest, tax and amortisation) totalling €92 million. Blizzard Entertainment’s EBITA amounted to €197 million (excluding allocation of company overheads), while Sierra entertainment reported a negative EBITA of €80 million. The firm blamed Sierra’s negative results on increased development costs, …

The North American release of GSC’s anticipated PC FPS prequel STAKLER: Clear Sky has been delayed for what is claimed to be ‘a few days’ following an error with the game’s CD keys. Publisher Deep Silver confirmed to Shacknews that the initial batch of North American editions of the game …

After the disappointing news that the recently unveiled Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and Blu-Ray movie PS3 bundles will not be crossing the Channel to hit UK retail , French retailer FNAC has listed a LittleBigPlanet PS3 bundle on its web site. The pack contains a new 80GB PS3, one rumble-enabled …