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Take 2’s 2K Play label has signed up to handle the global release of pre-school products from Viacom’s Nickelodeon division. The three-year deal is an extension of a current agreement between the two firms, and will see DS, PS2 and Wii titles released across the Northern America, Asia and Europe. …

Portugese dev picks Emergent's tech for Wii title

EA's Salt Lake Studio and other internal teams working on game for Casual label

Character animation pipeline tools arenâ??t the most glamorous but the volume requirement of games means theyâ??re becoming indispensableâ?¦

Ubisoft Montreal has said that the PS3’s unique architecture has proved a good fit for the technology behind its upcoming Far Cry 2 – though says that it has taken a lot of effort to get used to the machine. "We were somewhat worried by some of the reported high …

IGN reports that the former head of EA Chicago, Kudo Tsunoda, has been appointed by Microsoft to head up its Game Studios Gears of War team as thoughts turn to the follow up to its smash-hit 360 and PC title. Microsoft Game Studio’s Shane Kim said of the news: "I’m …

Apple has long been linked with a possible, and indeed probable, move into the mobile games space – and news of some new games-specific trademarks filed by the firm indicate that the company may be on the brink of announcing something. Trademork.com reports that Apple recently filed to protect its …

Eurogamer has seen over 1.8 million unique users as of November 30th 2007, with almost 15 million page impressions. The European-based consumer site undergoes an annual audit by ABC Electronic, with the latest figures representing a 500,000 year-on-year increase. The audit is the first since Eurogamer added new German and …

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has admitted the company made mistakes when it acquired well-known developers. Speak at DICE last week, he said that integrating the teams at independents such as Bullfrog, Westwood and Origin ultimately stifled the creative talent there: "We at EA blew it, and to a degree …