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Indie darling readying Darwinia+ for August release

Third person mafia-based adventure outing Yakuza 2 is to be released on PS2 in Europe some time in 2008, Sega has confirmed. The game was released in Japan in December 2006, and received some rave reviews from the Japanese consumer press. It had been presumed that a Western release had …

Japanese developer conference returns this September

Shares in Ubisoft rose the most in two months yesterday, after the firm announced that it had bought the complete rights to the Tom Clancy franchise. According to Bloomberg, shares rose as much as 5.91 euros, or 12 percent, to 54.98 euros. Before yesterday’s rise, shares of Paris-based Ubisoft had …

Ubisoft’s chief executive Yves Guillemot has said that the firm has the capacity to develop its own movies – and has its eye on a film based on the Tom Clancy franchise. However, Guillemot ruled out the possibility of a Rainbow Six movie – and said that any Ubisoft-created cinema …

NCsoft plans to build two new online titles using Epic’s Unreal Engine 3. The two firms have announced a licensing deal for the engine which discloses that NCsoft will gain access to all the latest updates to UE3 which make it "the best possible offering for cross-platform game development for …

The popularity of the Tom Clancy franchise continues with its fifth number one in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, in the form of Rainbow Six Vegas 2. The tactical shooter records 77 per cent of its sales on Xbox 360 (the remainder on PlayStation 3) and is the fourth …

In the second of a new series of articles profiling, celebrating and analysing some of the best and biggest British-made IPs, we examine RollerCoaster Tycoon and chart its history from a one-man development team to big business - and back againâ?¦

Nintendo and GAME is to celebrate the launch of Mario Kart Wii on April 11th with a nation wide tournament. The tournament is set to take place in thirty GAME stores across the country, with prizes including a Mario Kart VW Beetle Convertible and 250 of ‘Experience Vouchers’ for activities …

Former digital media school gains prestigious title