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Elder Scrolls developer and publisher Bethesda has opened the doors of its new London office – and has set about preparing for its next major release, action role-playing game Fallout 3. The new operation, owned by parent company ZeniMax Media, is headed up by industry veteran and former Virgin Interactive …

Viacom’s Nickelodeon division has pledged to take its games business to ‘the next level’ this year following a new partnership with Take 2’s casual 2K Play label. The company has signed a three-year worldwide deal with the publisher – an extension of a current agreement between the two firms – …

Toshiba has announced that it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD-DVD players and recorders – leaving the way clear for Blu-Ray to become the dominant high definition DVD format. The firm will cease shipments of HD-DVD players and recorders into retail by the end of March. It also …

MCV sister site Develop has the full story – head over there for Mark Rein’s full reaction.

More talk from EA CEO on how publisher is changing its approach to development

Epic VP offers wry response to latest speculation about Microsoft's plans to acquire

Microsoft DreamSpark provides Visual Studio and XNA bundle at no charge

THQ CEO Brian Farrell airs some scepticism of Disney and Viacom's game plan in WSJ report

Head of mobile business Yoichi Haraguchi to manage new team north of Tokyo

GDC08: Wizards of the Coast chooses UK and US independents for PC, Mac and XBLA titles