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As part of its third quarter financial statement , US publisher Activision also confirmed that a new instalment to its Call of Duty series will be with us in fiscal 2009 – in other words between April this year and March next. Furthermore, the next game will also be released …

Valve’s digital entertainment platform has surpassed the 15 million account milestone. Valve confirmed that it has seen a sales growth of 158 per cent over the 2007 holiday period, citing the launch of Call of Duty 4, Bioshock and The Orange Box as the reason for the growth. "PC gaming …

The R4 device gives gamers free reign to pick and choose which DS titles to download for free over the web – and is widely available through online retailers like Amazon. Amid growing concerns at retail that it is increasingly affecting sales, ELSPA has responded by preparing to crackdown on …

Lua scripting and console optimisations come to Trinigy's engine

Launches monthly mobile drama 'The Twelve Gentle Hitmen'

The world’s biggest media conglomerates will snap up publishers left, right and centre in the coming months – but they would be wasting their time by tapping up Ubisoft. That’s according to Yves Guillemot, who this week told MCV that he was chomping at the bit to take on the …

Activision has announced record financial results for the third fiscal quarter, with net revenues of $1.48 billion. An 80 per cent increase over the previous year, with net income at $272.2 million. Nine month net revenues were $2.3 billion, over $1 billion more than the previous fiscal year. Net income …

David Ortiz departs Tiburon studio

Toshio Iwai's Yamaha collaboration nominated alongside Nintendo Wii and iPhone

The manager of the England football team Fabio Capello has banned his players from playing video games whilst on training duty. Capello, who saw his team beat Switzerland 2-1 in his debut game last night, has put an outright ban on the ‘PlayStation culture’ that he saw as plaguing the …