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Sony is set to buy 2Waytraffic, the independent production company that owns the rights to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. According to BrandRepublic, the deal is valued at 137.5 million. 2Waytraffic was set up in 2004 by former Endemol executives. The firm snapped up the rights to Who Wants …

Ambitious new publisher Brash Entertainment has signed a multi-game deal with developer Factor 5 to produce titles based on movie IP. Factor 5 has worked on a mix of licence-based games in the past, such as Star Wars Rogue Squadron, and original IP including as Lair and Turrican. The studio …

Adds that yesterday's Budget will worry studios further thanks to 'increase in overall tax burden'

COO Tim Sweeney lays out roadmap for popular middleware - PC not a priority

Another major film franchise is set to get the video games treatment: George Miller’s seminal action thriller Mad Max. The movie, which was first released back in 1979 and starred Mel Gibson, is being converted by former SCEA developer Cory Barlog – best known for his work as producer on …

WiiWare Week: Independent developers reveal format-holder's strategy to boost digital download support

Ambitious Hollywood games firm eyes more development partnerships as it inks Factor 5 deal, its second signing in as many days

When you cut through all the praise and polemic spouted by studios when it comes to digital distribution there is one point that often gets overlooked: the exact cost benefit gained when it comes to sales of games on any platform, from casual portals to Xbox Live Arcade.

Sega of America has named Sean Ratcliffe vice president of marketing. Ratcliffe previously worked for Disney Interactive Studios as marketing director of EMEA, where he helped launch The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Spectrobes, and most recently, Turok. …

Xbox’s quest to become the console of choice for families will be given a huge boost by becoming the first system to offer a library of 1,000 games this summer. That’s according to Xbox VP for Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Europe Chris Lewis, who this week told MCV that Xbox Live …