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Midway has announced that the 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3 will ship into retail globally on July 7th. The title will include several new features such as split screen, five exclusive maps and two all-new characters, as well as all previously released downloadable content. In addition, the game will …

IGN has provided a handy list of all of the new games currently confirmed for next month’s E3 expo in Los Angeles. You can visit the site through this link, or check out the full list below. Expect more news to come thick and fast from publishers over the coming …

President of EA Sports Peter Moore has said his division is ‘never satisfied’ despite its successes. Writing on his blog, Moore also couldn’t resist making a cheeky reference to a ‘competitor’ – highly likely to be EA acquisition target Take Two. The post comes after – and was possibly inspired …

President of Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group Kevin Tsujihara has joined the Board of SCi Entertainment as non-executive director. The news follows Warner doubling its sharecount in the Eidos parent in April – taking its stake up to 20 per cent. Meanwhile, Aaron Brown – an associate of SCi investor …

As a major celebrity’s son or daughter, you’re due a few more perks than your average playground dweller. And that’s exactly what BBC presenter Jonathan Ross’s son Harvey discovered when EA sent him an advanced copy of Will Wright’s Spore. Ross (Jr.) has posted his opinions on various internet forums …

Harsh critic of the video games industry Keith Vaz has been offered a knighthood by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, UK national newspapers have alleged. According to The Times and The Guardian, there have been ‘strong hints’ that Vaz was offered the honour as part of a series of bribes from …

Intel-owned middleware firm strikes partnership despite parental opposition

Top industry analyst Nicholas Lovell has said that despite the huge success of GTA IV, it won’t save Take Two from EA’s advances, with the publisher needing a white knight” to step in to rescue it. Lovell said the GTA IV launch has had no meaningful impact” on the firm’s value, …

Gateshead event grows ahead of start next week

Emergent's game framework adds new geometry and terrain systems