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Publisher Capcom plans to increase its focus on the digital download market with the launch of new IP Plunder. The firm’s digital output began in 2006 with the release of Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, and it released Rocketman: Axis of Evil only last week. However Capcom’s senior European marketing …

Student-focused event follows 2007's success

The release of Wii Fit on April 25th will see the next chapter in the platform holder’s wider mission to seduce non-gamers, says Nintendo UK marketing director Dawn Paine. And with Mario Kart arriving just a few weeks before on April 11th, Nintendo believes it will raise both mainstream and …

Activision has announced Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition, which will be released in April. The new game will feature the full COD4 game, as well as a token for use on Xbox Live, which will allow gamers to download the upcoming map pack. Call of Duty …

Nintendo is planning to reveal its whole second half release line up at this year’s E3, according to an interview with Reggie Fils-Aime on Gametrailers TV. We’re going to unveil the whole second half during E3,” said the NOA president. I mean come on there’s more than enough to get …

President of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley has suggested that the PS3 can one day host an MMO game to rival the popularity of World Of Warcraft. The news comes after Sony announced that it was restructuring, with PlayStation president Kaz Hirai taking control of SOE. MCV interpreted the move …

The new big name and EA HQ will lead EA’s global publishing organization, corporate communications and government affairs, as well as the online, central development and technology teams. Pleasants begins immediately and reports to EA CEO John Riccitiello. EA is billing its new big cheese as ‘a leader in consumer …

Fireband chief Greenshields joins call for UK tax break and offers an account of his time running DC Studios in Canada

With the issue of tax breaks for production still a talking point amongst developers in the West, one exec that opened - and closed - a studio in the subsidy-supported Montreal offers an account of his time there, why Government support matters, but also the problems it createsâ?¦

Guide to physics companyâ??s animation system now online