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Ubisoft will publish My Health Coach: Weight Management for Nintendo DS this summer. The game is being developed by Ubisoft’s Montreal studio, with help from a fitness coach and nutritionist. The publisher hopes the game will help tackle the growing obesity problem. The game will feature trivia, hints and tips, …

Take Two announced a generous severance package for its employees as a result of EA’s $2 billion bid for the company. The Financial Times reports that in a regulatory filing late on Friday, Take Two said its Board had approved a package for employees in the event that they lose …

From the moment Toshiba confirmed the death of HD-DVD many have been expecting an Xbox 360 Blu-Ray drive to be announced – and whilst we’re still waiting Microsoft does now seem to have moved a little closer to such a development. SeattlePi.com quotes Microsoft’s chief executive Steve Ballmer as stating: …

Gameloft developing over 15 iPhone games

MICROSOFT is planning a huge marketing push in promotion of November’s release Gears of War 2. And the platform holder has told MCV that on top of the big-name shooter, it has lined up ‘something for everyone’ on Xbox 360 this year. Gears of War 2 was unveiled during Microsoft’s …

Studio's second year running in the Sunday Times-authored list

Kicking off an intensive set of features analysing WiiWare game development and the potential of Nintendo's download platform

For the first in our series of features examining the upcoming WiiWare platform and developers' support for the service, we talk to Frontier boss Braben about his studio's game LostWinds, a launch title for the distribution platformâ?¦

A report in the German Financial Times claims to corroborate reports circulating earlier this week – and confirmed by MCV – that Microsoft will cut the price of the Xbox 360. Reportedly ahead of Microsoft’s official confirmation on Monday morning, the paper says that the price of the entry-level Arcade …

User-created content is one of the Big New Things for the future, but the thought of keeping offensive content out of the system is a frightening thought. But with Microsoft leaving the control of its Xbox Live Community Games ecosystem with the users, we ask: can they be trusted?