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Stephen King, author of horror classics such as The Shining and Carrie, has come out in strong defence of violent video games. In an editorial opinion for Entertainment Weekly, in which King admits that he’s not a gamer, the novelist forthrightly attacks HB 1423 – a bill pending approval in …

Gamespot reports that THQ has confirmed the release of Saint’s Row II – and given it an official release date of Tuesday, August 26th for North America. Another THQ title, de Blob has also been dated for September. The news comes from last week’s THQ Gamers’ day in San Francisco, …

HudsonSoft is expecting to increase profits to 10 billion Yen by March 2011, a growth of nearly 400 per cent. According to Bloomberg, The Bomberman studio plans to increase focus on Wii, with eight new games due this year. Two years from now will be the time when game-software developers’ …

Studio founded by ex-Blizzard staff facing trouble after project cancellations

GarageGames adds XNA engine to academic outreach programme

How can studios go about widening their talent base to include developers from the fairer sex? Angela Fenge, operations and marketing director at Zoë Mode, reveals a few secrets�

New tech moves onto Nintendo's wonder machine

Cancelled SCi/Eidos project contributed to closure of Canadian studio, says report

Rockstar Games has made a significant acquisition ahead of the release of GTA IV on April 29th – Massachusetts-based Mad Doc Software. The deal comes amid EA’s hostile bid for Rockstar parent Take Two – a saga which isset to be concluded later this month. Massachusetts-based Mad Doc recently worked …