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Fresh from Ubisoft adding its name to the list of developers creating games for Apple’s handheld devices, Forbes magazine has claimed that the iPod could ‘kill’ the success of the DS. The magazine claims that the iPod’s combination of Nintendo’s two USPs – motion sensing and touch-screen technology – could …

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Publisher Oxygen Games has announced three new titles for its MyGames series: My Make-Up, My Dress-Up and My Secret Diary. Pitched at the increasingly valuable teenage consumer, the trio will be released on Nintendo DS in Q3. Oxygen’s MyGames series, grounded in mainstream lifestyles and interests, are aimed at the …

Electronic Arts has confirmed that it has halted development of the PS3 version of Command & Conquer 3. The title, which has just been voted Gamespot’s ‘one to watch’ at E3 this year, will now exclusively be released on PC and Xbox 360 in the autumn. An EA spokesperson told …

$25 price tag for upcoming iPhone and iPod touch titles mooted

European studio network's Budapest team to make Crysis Warhead for PC

Sega has told MCV that disappointing sales of last year’s Sega Rally have taught the company a lesson – and that they are now ‘really getting going’ on PS3 and 360. Despite a good critical response and winning a BAFTA last year, the title didn’t hang around the sales charts …

Supermarket giant Wal-Mart is offering US consumers some tasty new incentives to splash out on Blu-Ray players. According to Reuters, the price of Blu-Ray technology is reportedly putting off customers, particularly during the ‘credit crunch’. Wal-Mart has fought back, however, offering a $100 gift card with the purchase of any …

Ubisoft is the latest major games publisher to confirm that it will provide content for Apple’s iPod and iPhone. The news was revealed by executive producer of casual games at Ubisoft Pauline Jacquey in a full interview with MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz. To read the story, visit CasualGaming.biz here.

Activision has signed a distribution deal with System 3 to handle the UK publisher’s forthcoming Ferrari Challenge game throughout North America. Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli will hit shelves in late summer on PS3, PS2 Wii, DS. Without a doubt, this is the defining Ferrari experience for video games,” said Mark …