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In a move that will likely send shudders through the entire retail chain, EA-owned studio Criterion has confirmed that its recent release Burnout Paradise is to be made available as a full download on Sony’s PlayStation Store on PS3. Priced at $29.99 in North America, the game will be available …

Grand Theft Auto IV will finally be released in Japan in October – and distributed under the Capcom label. The title will be made available in the Land of the Rising Sun in a Japan language version on October 30th, on both PS3 and Xbox 360. According to a Kotaku …

UK publisher Codemasters has announced three new titles due out next year based on its Overlord brand – Overlord II on 360, PS3 and PC, Overlord Dark Legends on Wii and Overlord Minions on DS. As a million-plus seller, Overlord is now a significant brand in the ever-growing Codemasters portfolio,” …

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has hit out at Warner Music – after the firm demanded games publishers should pay more royalties for tracks used in rhythm-based software. In what the Financial Times calls ‘a sign of increasing tensions between the two companies’, Kotick said Warner Music had failed to …

Speaking of the shock news that EA has signed on to publish the next game from Killer 7 and No More Heroes developer Suda 51 , the cult figure has explained his reasons for signing with the leading global publisher. In an interview with 1UP, Suda explained: EA’s people showed …

Singapore-based event scoops online giant's talk on 'social interactive entertainment media'

Entertainment UK has surged past GAME to become Britain’s most powerful retail buying team, MCV has learnt – sparking concerns throughout the publishing community over the buying and distribution company’s increasing influence on the UK games charts. According to testimonies from a number of major publishers, the company – which …

Computer Exchange has quashed fears that it is on the verge of financial problems, insisting that it has enjoyed a successful six months of growth. Concerns over the chain’s future emerged last week after a winding-up order was posted online, and numerous customers complained that cheques from the firm had …

EA’s illustrious list of high profile third-party development partners has swelled, with the publisher signing up to publish new IPs from Epic Games and Grasshopper Manufacture. The two join the likes of Harmonix, Valve, Crytek, and id, all currently key partners for EA’s third-party publishing Partners label creating the games …

Developer-publisher to use physics, animation and behaviour products for Ride to Hell