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Electronic Arts has announced The Sims 2 Double Deluxe and The Sims 2 Kitchen and Bath Interior Design Stuff, due for release on April 15th. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe comes complete with The Sims 2 Nightlife Expansion Pack, The Sims 2 Celebration Stuff Pack and a bonus DVD, and …

DSGi plans to sign up top development talent in a publishing push that will see a new range of own-brand titles on its shelves by the summer. The firm intends to unveil a new gaming label and unleash the titles across its 1,400 stores worldwide as well across its online …

Says iTunes AppStore sales "a more important aspect than a lot of people understand"

Cash reserve to be managed by VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and backed by Apple

Move takes the firm 'back to its roots' says CEO Zucker

But the unlikely return of notorious handheld will be aided by open-source development says MD Carl Freer

Apple CEO Steve Jobs said today he wants to create ‘a vibrant third party developer community’ for the iPhone and iPod Touch – and got the ball rolling by unveiling the new SDK for the touch-screen devices and naming EA and Sega as key firms already making games for the …

EA's Spore and Sega's Monkey Ball confirmed for release as Apple unveils beta SDK and iPhone Developer Program

Optimisations lead latest update

Microsoft claims it bases its success on wallet share and not units sold, reports investor.com. "We’re very proud that our share of wallet is disproportionately larger than either of our two competitors," said corporate vice president of global marketing for Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business, Jeff Bell. Bell cites the 360’s …