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Now called Blitz Games Studios, with 11 games in the works across five divisions - Volatile, Arcade, Games, TruSim and BlitzTech

Scottish studio cuts out publisher and looks to 'take a more active role in managing global distribution strategy' of its MMO

The gaming community is already uniting to hunt down early copies of GTA IV on forums across the world – but will you be breaking the street date? Do you expect another major game release to be damaged by early selling – and what is the solution? Is early selling …

Vice president of creativity at Rockstar Games Dan Houser also took a swipe at the way his competitors market their games, while also stressing the increasing cultural relevance of video games in an extensive interview on Variety’s games blog. A lot of our competitors in the game sphere – all …

That a triple-A games studio would start sharing presentations and resources that it created when getting to grips with the PS3 is surprising, but that it would then start sharing code as well is unprecedented. We caught up with Mike Acton, Insomniac's engine director, to discuss the initiative in depth.

'Compete with content, not tech,' says dev behind Ratchet and Resistance with launch PS3 secret-sharing scheme

And he rules out the chances of Wii version of Unreal Engine, saying 'we go forward, not back'

Rockstar co-founder and GTA writer discusses the production of Grand Theft Auto

There was plenty of hoopin’ and hollerin’ at Las Vegas’ Red Rock Casino on Thursday – as Midway stormed thevenue with its annual conference on upcoming product. Over 400 press and Midway employees watched the likes of Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon, Epic Games VP Mark Rein and Midway CEO …

Midway’s first foray into the world of downloadable PC casual games will arrive thisspring when it adds over 20 playable titles to Midway.com and Midwayarcade.com . That’s according to CEO Matt Booty, who told assembled press and Midway employees at the publisher’s Gamers’ Day in Las Vegas that the casual …