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Girl Gamer is an extension of Future’s Official Nintendo Magazine, and will be included free with Easter issues of Panini’s monthly title Bliss and fortnightly publication Mizz. The second issue will focus on DS and Wii titles, and follows the success of the first magazine. It boasts a print run …

SPECIAL FEATURE: Lionhead's Molyneux, Rare GM and others discuss state of the UK industry

Sony and Activision bosses unsure platform can bankroll video games

Several games to be spun out of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi saga

Next-gen has reports that the Brain Training phenomenon continues to sweep across the globe – claiming the number one spots in both the Spanish and German charts. The listings, courtesy of MC-GfK, run as follows:Spain 1. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (DS)2. Big Brain Academy (Wii)3. Assassin’s Creed (PS3)4. …

Sony’s Howard Stringer and Activision’s Bobby Kotick have both said they are unsure whether video games can be fully sustained by in-game advertising. The news comes after EA announced it was to make its new Battlefield game available for free on the internet – and was financially supporting it through …

Steamworks offers sales stats, copy protection and other functions to PC game developers

In part one of this feature UK independent single-format magazine 360 spoke to the bosses of Lionhead, Rare, Codemasters and others about deals for developers and UK studios competing on the global stage. In part two our panel turns its attention to a single console standard, and the Hollywood modelâ?¦

Few will argue that Nintendo owned Christmas ’07, and its philosophy spread, with purpose, to the Porter household. A Wii Remote is the perfect cure for an apparently poorly constructed family. The large part consoles played in my Christmas helped remind me how important 2007 was for gamers. Fortunately, 2008 …

There’s plenty going on at GAME Group – on top of integrating its former rival Gamestation into its existing infrastructure, it continues to broaden its business by reaching out to new consumers and expanding in Europe. We get the full story from CEO Lisa Morgan and David Thomas, deputy CEO …