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The Writers Guild of America has reveleaed the nominations for its inaugural videogame writing award. Five games are in the running for a prize designed to "[honour] outstanding achievement in videogame writing during 2007". As seems to be a common theme this morning, head over to the quite wonderful Develop …

Newer developer-focused publisher Gamecock has announced that it is moving its games showcase from E3 to run alongside culture and technology event SXSW. MCV sister-site Develop has the full-down.

With the hype for Apple’s Mac brand currently sky-high following yesterday’s Macworld Expo and the unveiling of the undoubtedly gorgeous Macbook Air , EA has announced that its highly anticipated Spore will release on Apple’s format alongside PC later this year. Spore, which is currently being developed by Sims mastermind …

Event takes place in Newcastle for 250 execs and plans to look at cutting edge games development

Round of promotions sees studio network create group 'focused solely on evaluating and raising the quality of F9E's games'

Midway’s Austin studio, which developed the recently released Area 51: Blacksite, has been downsized – but the staff losses are being classed as ‘routine’ by the company. To learn more, head over to MCV’s sister site Develop for the low-down.

Former Atari man Jean-Marcel Nicolai to oversee global production of Disney Interactive Studios' titles

US publisher Midway has seen an advert for its 18-rated third person shooter John Woo Presents Strangehold banned by the Advertising Standards Authority, CVG reports. The agency ruled that the ad breached advertising rules relating to violence, cruelty and health and safety. It stated: "We considered the ad was likely …

EIEIO (Expo For Interactive Entertainment, Independent and Original) to run alongside SXSW in March

In its final report published today, the Competition Commission has concluded that GAME’s 74 million acquisition of Gamestation may not be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition in the markets for the supply of gaming software, consoles and related accessories in the UK.” But the report reveals …