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Midway has announced that it will ship the sequel to American Footballtitle Blitz: The League in the autumn. Speaking at the company’s Gamers’ Day in Las Vegas, Midway CEO Matt Booty explained that the title will feature all-new team gameplay and plotlines that mirror real-life stories from today’s sports pages”- …

Speaking at Midway’s Gamers’ Day in Las Vegas, Vice President of Epic Games Mark Rein has confirmed that Unreal Tournament III will be getting a release on Xbox 360 this summer. Rein revealed that the title will have five exclusive new maps and two new characters, and will feature all …

Midway CEO Matt Booty confirmed that a sequel to popular DS casual game Touchmaster will be released on the format in the autumn. Not many details were given about the game, but it is likely to continue in the same vein as its predecessor, which contained 23 classic mini-games including …

Midwayhas unveiled details of its upcoming GTA-like free roaming game This Is Vegas at its Gamers’ Day in Las Vegas. Developed by Surreal – the studio behind The Suffering – the title is built around four main activities: fighting, gambling, racing and partying. Surreal boss Alan Patmore showed off the …

Midway has confirmed reports from earlier in the week by officially announcing Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe at its Gamers’ Day in Las Vegas. Executive Producer Ed Boon revealed that both Batman and Superman would be involved in the new title, and promised more news at E3. Boon also unveiled …

Midway has announced it is to release a follow-up to its successful Wiimini-game collection Game Party. The company’s CEO Matt Booty unveiled the games at the publisher’s Gamers’ Day in Las Vegas. The first Game Party title was a big success on Wii -enjoying a stint inthe UK’s All Formats …

45-strong California-based Underground Developments will close at the end of May; staff offered jobs at other Activision studios

NPD data shows that the US video games market was worth $1.7 billion in March – a jump of 57 per cent on February’s data. The jump was thanks largely to 721,000 sales of Wii hardware, as well as consumers snapping up 2.7 million units of Super Smash Bros Brawl. …

Sci Entertainment will cost a potential suitor $100m – and NBC Universal is close to securing a deal for just that sort of money. That’s according to a Financial Times report, which said NBC – which itself its part-owned by Vivendi – is ‘close to finalising’ the deal. The newspaper …

Shigeru Miyamoto has rubbished claims that Nintendo has ‘forgotten’ about the core gamer with releases such as Wii Fit. Speaking to 1Up, the legendary developer said that Nintendo’s recent release slate contains many examples where the platform holder has catered for the tastes of traditional gamers. He said: Smash Bros, …