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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has won North American distribution rights to Turbine Entertainment’s self-published Lord of the Rings Online retail expansion pack, Mines of Moria. Midway had handled distribution of the original game. The expansion will be released this autumn as both a ‘complete’ and ‘collector’s edition’ boxed product, with …

Vast development empire overseen by Activision Blizzard touted as key advantage over rivals

Chip giant gives technical details of forthcoming many-core project

It could be the end of the road for new ideas on Wii: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata (pictured) has admitted that Wii Music is Shigeru Miyamoto’s last idea for the console. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Iwata also revealed that Nintendo is not likely to launch many …

Chudley says studio was sold â??to ensure security for its employees and their familiesâ??

A major video game distributor in Thailand has vetoed delivery of GTA IV, after a teenager confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the game. "We are sending out requests today to outlets and shops to pull the games off their shelves …

Activision has admitted that Blizzard is set to play a role in the progression of both the Guitar Hero and Call Of Duty franchises. Speaking in an earnings call following the re-publishing of the firm’s Q1 fiscal results, company CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed that Actvision is ‘examining’ the possibility. Later …

The nominations process for the Games Media Awards is drawing to a close, with the deadline for putting forward your favourites falling this Thursday (August 7th). There are ten categories for you all to consider: Games Magazine Games Website Specialist Games Writer (Print) Specialist Games Writer (Online) Mainstream Magazine Games …

Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime has confirmed that Diablo III is already ‘heavily’ in development. Speaking in an earnings call following the republishing of Activision’s Q1 results last week, Morhemie also confirmed that the series has sold 18.5 million units in total so far. He said: The original Diablo has been …

Microsoft profiles new systemâ??s limitations (and unknown potential) at Gamefest