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Sega is hoping to claim a major summer hit with its newly-announced official Olympics licence. Beijing 2008 will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, PC and mobile phones in the summer. Gamers will be able to compete online for the first time in an olympics title as they compete in …

Online casual portal to use injection for further game acquisitions

Developer says title will 'set a new standard for sports games in this genre'

Famed US independent buys developer of new game Left 4 Dead

Following on from the success of the inaugural PES Industry Cup at the end of October, Konami is proud to announce that the PES Industry Rankings is now open. Anyone wanting to take part can register for the first league section, which will see the top 32 players then invited …

Whilst many across the retail community have been counting the cost of a disappointing Christmas period, the games market has seen yet another bumper festive period on the High Street. In the week that the retail analyst SPSL stated that many days during the Christmas period retail performance were ‘hugely …

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German studio looking to support smaller devs with outsourcing and middleware

The world’s largest games retailer GameStop has reported its sales for the nine-weeks ending January 5th 2008 – and much like its UK counterpart games, it enjoyed a hugely successful Christmas. Total sales for the period were $2.3 billion, a 34.7 per cent year on year increase. The top five …

Speculation regarding a Microsoft takeover of Swiss-based peripherals firm Logitech has grown amongst traders, as the industry spanning giant increased its shares in the company to 12 per cent. According to Reuters , rumors are circulating that Microsoft will launch a takeover bid for Logitech at 48 Franks per share, …