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High-brow newspaper New York Times has dedicated an extensive feature to hidden meanings in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of the Patriots. Featuring interviews with representatives from the likes of Kotaku, MTV and 1UP, the piece discusses the history of the series and describes Solid Snake as ‘James Bond meets …

It’s been a poorly kept secret, but THQ’s Ultimate Fighting Championship game has been officially confirmed by the publisher. Titled UFC 2009 Undisputed, the game will over 80 mixed martial arts fighters across five weight classes. Players will be able to attack their opponents with styles such as Brazilian jiu-jitsu, …

EA’s Casual Entertainment label is to release a challenger to Nintendo’s Brain Training on DS later this year. The publisher will release two titles inspired by the best-selling US education book series Brain Quest – with each designed for different age groups. The books have sold more than 28 million …

Some gamers were surprised to learn recently that this year’s Call of War title (dubbed World at War) will be heading back to WWII – but internet rumours are suggesting an even more radical departure for the next title. A piece on TalkPlaystation.com (which has since been removed – read …

Paris GDC: Lead designer Josh Sawyer on how Neverwinter Nights 2 changes angered the mod community

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 …