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The eighth in the classic Mortal Kombat series is set to feature Batman, according to CVG . An image featuring the caped crusader was leaked to fansite Mortal Kombat Online, with online rumours insisting this could be a Mortal Kombat Vs. DC style video game. MCV revealed yesterday that Midway …

A bullish Nintendo UK has also triumphantly called Wii Fit the answer to those critics who blame the gaming industry for a lack of health and fitness among children. Nintendo’s Rob Lowe, senior product manager for Wii Fit told MCV: Overall it’s the biggest and most ground-breaking Wii campaign we’ve …

It’s official: the past three months have been the most lucrative first quarter in the UK industry’s history. ChartTrack has confirmed to MCV that retailers raked in a phenomenal 418.4m across all software, including office packages, while a total of 17.89m units were sold. Both categories demonstrate an expanding market …

Philips' ambient immersion tech to be made accessible to student teams

Sales of video game consoles and software are up by an impressive 57 per cent in the US, despite the economic troubles faced by the country, according to research firm NPD. During March American consumers spent $1.7 billion on games with the Wii comfortably outselling Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. …

Rob Precious has been appointed vice president of sales at Cambridge-based graphics middleware developer, Geomerics. Precious’ main task will be to drive and develop global sales for Geomerics’ debut real-time lighting technology Enlighten, which gained much attention at the recent GDC. We are delighted to welcome Rob as our vice …

Rob Precious joins middleware firm to power Enlighten push

Quebec conference also adds events for the general public

After Scottish games developer Realtime Worlds confirmed it had received a $50m investment to help support its plans for future growth we spoke to CEO Dave Jones to find out more about the studioâ??s online strategyâ?¦

Take Two executive chairman Strauss Zelnick has labelled EA’s ‘hostile’ $26-per-share tender bid forhis company as still being wrong place, wrong time”– and once again urged the firm’s shareholders to turn down the offer. Despite Zelnick’s protestations, however, there’s still time for EA’s bid to be successful: the offer expires …