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Developer Treyarch insists that Call of Duty: World at War will capitalise on the success of last year’s Modern Warfare by being the best shooter on the market. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has racked up ten million unit sales in just seven months and has become one of …

The studio behind Call Of Duty: World At War has told MCV that it is looking to make no less than the best game of all time”. In an exclusive interview, Treyarch creative boss Richard Farrelly (pictured) also explained why the developer decided to take the fifth title in the …

'Government and industry must act,' says UK trade association for developers

Treyarch has explained to MCV how it is collaborating with the developer of COD 4: Modern Warfare, Infinity Ward, on new title World At War. Treyarch’s senior producer Noah Heller (pictured) told MCV that both studios have passed ideas back and forth – and that they will not let the …

We’ve been told time and time again that Metal Gear Solid 4 is the closing part of the Solid Snake story – but assistant producer Ryan Payton has reaffirmed that fact that there’s likely to be more Metal Gear ahead. Speaking to 1UP, Payton insisted that whilst MGS4 was the …

Treyarch ready to battle middleware when it comes to World at War

Paris GDC: LittleBigPlanet chiefs discuss the virtue of small-scale iterative design

Konami has announced that a free downloadable add-on for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots will be made available on PS3 on Thursday (June 26th) in Europe. The Metal Gear Solid 4 Database is a comprehensive archive detailing characters, weapons and plot elements from 1987’s original Metal Gear …

Konami has confirmed that a new Pro Evolution Soccer game will hit stores in the autumn. PES 2009 will be released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PS2 and PSP. New additions include that will further bridge the gap between PES and the real thing. According to Konami: ‘The new …

Paris GDC: Behind the scenes of the London Studio â??factory lineâ??