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This year’s Games Media Awards will feature 10 categories, covering print, digital, mainstream and specialist media. The number of titles up for grabs has been reduced dramatically from last year, in a move that ratchets up the cachet attached to each award and ensures fierce competition in every area. The …

Further to the SouthPeak announcement yesterday, Kalypso Media wish to congratulate Jonathan Hales in his new appointment and wish him further success in his new position. Simon Hellwig, Managing Director of Kalypso Media Group commented: Jonathan’s departure is a loss for us, but we also see this as a great …

1971: Born in London. 1989: Left school in London with bad A-level results. 1990: Re-did A-levels. Better results. 1990: Began summer job sorting mail at BMG Records in London. 1991: Started degree at London university. 1991-1994: Worked part time at BMG on pop videos and VHS releases. 1994: Graduated from …

505 Games has announced a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to release an official new game based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer for DS. Under development by Romanian studio Beast, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice combines third-person and first-person gameplay to create an experience like nothing else on Nintendo DS. …

The full list of groups for the MCV & Xbox 360 Games 5’s has been revealed – and Sony and Xbox are facing up to each other in two groups. Other fiery contests should be fought out between Pinnacle Software and Koch Media/Deep Silver in Group 1; Amazon, Gamestation Cambridge …

There are precious few talents that can boast an influence on the games business as profound as Sam Houser. While it was the visionaries behind Pong and Space Invaders that set the ball rolling and the genius of Shigeru Miyamoto’s Super Mario Bros. that took the market a giant step …

The first US-bound title for developer and publisher Deep Silver has been unveiled – Ride to Hell, for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Promising hard drinking, bare knuckle environments and biker gangs, the period game, set at the end of the 60’s, is set in a massive game world”. …

Media-shy Rockstar founder Sam Houser has told MCV that the biggest challenge of his career so far has been powerful people” who have tried to put Rockstar out of business”. Speaking exclusively in the latest instalment of our MCV Legends series – and naming no names – Howser said that …

Konami is seeking compensation over alleged patent infringement in the Rock Band video game, according to Bloomberg. The Japanese publisher, which makes similar music-based titles involving guitars, microphones and dance mats, insists Rock Band infringes on its patents relating to musical instruments and a ‘musical-rhythm matching game’. Konami is reportedly …

The online version of the games industry’s definitive guide to agencies and service companies, Sourcebook, has gone live today. Sourcebook ’08 – sponsored by Universally Speaking – is an all-year reference tool, featuring over 70 companies across eight different categories. The print version of the title is available in this …