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Britsoft publisher signs up French studio's open world racer

Continuing our series of features profiling the key winners from this yearâ??s Develop Awards we speak to James Brooksby, head of Doublesix, winner of the Best New UK/European Studio awardâ?¦

Gareth Edmondson says Ubisoft would match investment in other territories, but only if Government stepped up

Artificial intelligence package AI.implant is available for commercial licensing. Again.

Electronic Arts says newly-opened 200-strong India studio can 'enhance the local gaming ecosystem'

Team GB’s gold medal haul at the Olympic Games this week has helped Sega’s official Beijing Olympics game bound up the UK charts – but it still can’t top sales of Nintendo’s Wii Fit and Mario Kart. According to official GFK-ChartTrack/ELSPA data Mario Kart Wii climbs from third spot to …

But warns that Activision-Blizzard-style mass-scale merger 'can be very damaging to a global company'

Take Two has responded to EA’s decision to let the deadline for its acqusition bid pass. The Rockstar parent has stated that it is ‘looking forward’ to convincing the megapublisher it is worth more than the $26-per-share bid. If tonight’s deadline passes without a deal, EA will enter into Take-Two’s …

Atari is offering three lucky winners a copy of its DS new game to help with driving tests, Driving Theory. The title features over 1,000 questions from the official theory test for car and motorcyclists. It contains a Realistic Training Mode and Exam Mode and challenging games – including Park …

Ubisoft’s executive director Alain Corre has hinted to MCV that the publisher is likely to release a string of sequels to its upcoming action title I Am Alive. The firm showed off an impressive teaser trailer of the survival title at E3, and it has garnered plenty of column inches …