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When Sony introduced disc-based gaming to the masses, the relationship between music and video games exploded into life. Long before Guitar Hero rocked the world, soundtracks in the likes of WipEout, FIFA and Tony Hawk’s brought music to a new audience, and were the catalyst for some of the most …

Develop's executive editor talks organising the Develop in Brighton conference...

Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros has come out on top in a new poll of the greatest games of all time. The list was voted for by over 2,000 gamers through onepoll.com. ‘Old skool’ titles such as Pac Man, Donkey Kong and Frogger did particularly well in the list. John Sewell, …

Midway is to release a new Mortal Kombat compilation for PS2 in September. Mortal Kombat: Kollection contains a trilogy of old MK releases: Deception, Armageddon and Shaolin Monks. The title will be available in the US for an SRP of $29.99. As yet, there are no details of a European …

Nintendo of America’s NOA’s EVP of sales and marketing Cammie Dunaway has said that Nintendo has no plans to introduce coloured Wii consoles just yet. In a full interview with IGN, Dunaway said: [We] certainly don’t have any announcements to make about different colours. We continue to sell out of …

MMO middleware company wants more virtual world courses

Koch-owned publisher Deep Silver has signed an agreement with Apogee Software to co-publish one of the greatest franchises in the history of gaming.” The anticipated Duke Nukem Trilogy will be released on DS and PSP in sequential episodes, starting with Critical Mass, followed by Chain Reaction and Proving Grounds. Terry …

Eidos is banking on Tomb Raider: Underworld to prove its new studio-led business model can compete with the best in the industry – and is eyeing the No. 1 chart position in the lead up to Christmas. The company last week announced that the title, developed by Crystal Dynamics, would …

Forget the iPod, iTunes or even commercial radio, video gaming is increasingly becoming the platform of choice for the music industry. At least that’s according to Alex Rigopulos (pictured), CEO and co-founder of Rock Band creator Harmonix, who feels that consumers interacting with music is far more likely to stimulate …

You only have to look at the headlines streaming through MCV in recent months to know why this is being described as the games industry’s age of consolidation. If it’s not 92 per cent of Activision’s shareholders voting for a merger with Vivendi, it’s the gripping – and titillating – …