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The summer of sports continues with today’s release of Sega’s Olympic Beijing 2008. The game, the only official licensed title for the Olympic event, follows a spate of games making the most of this years sport filled summer. A Sega spokesperson told MCV that all the environments, stadiums, arenas, athletes …

Rumours of an Xbox 360 price cut in the US won’t go away, as an unverified Kmart scan indicates that a price cut is set to take place in early July. The scan in question can be seen over on High-Def Digest forums, and shows the Xbox 360 Pro SKU …

Kotaku reports that SCE president Kaz Hirai has stated that that PS3’s titles boast superior quality to its rivals. As PlayStation 3 approaches the second anniversary of its release, the release of PS3 software titles with the true generation quality only available on PS3 is accelerating,” said the Sony exec. …

While we have EIEF north of the border, for years the games industry had been crying out for a London-based celebration of gaming culture. And it finally arrived in 2006, the first year that the UK games industry stepped up to the mark to launch London Games Festival, with the full …

Former Criterion Games' creative manager, who started his career at UK magazine Zzap! 64, joins Disney team for new franchise

The games industry is set to continue its defiant growth spurt as it becomes the entertainment medium of choice for penny-pinching consumers. That was the message from the trade this week as the credit crunch continues to take hold of the nation’s purse-strings. But despite the doom and gloom in …

Electronic Arts’ EA Sports label has unveiled its new ‘All Play’ line of games with new versions of its football, soccer, golf and basketball titles designed specifically for the Wii. For the full story, head over to CasualGaming.Biz

'Game Creator Store' to offer low-priced art items for indie developers

Ubisoft has unveiled Prince of Persia: The Fallen King for Nintendo DS. The game is set to launch this Christmas, and boasts an independent – but still tied-in –storyline from the already-announced console and PC versions, and will make full use of the console’s unique functionality. Futhermore, Ubisoft has announced …

Cyprus-based studio using engine for upcoming online title