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Days after an SCEA release schedule sparked hope in the hearts of PS3 owners everywhere by announcing a January 15th release date for Ubisoft’s futuristic FPS Haze, it now appears that a March arrival is on the cards. Whilst the French publisher is sticking to its previous Q1 release date, …

Take 2 has hired former UK boss Serhad Koro as the new figurehead of its European games publishing business. MCV understands that Koro is replacing internationalmanaging director James Ellingford, whose departure emerged yesterday afternoon. The experienced Koro has been identified by Take 2’s new global boss Gary Dale as the …

MCV sister site Develop has updated its exclusive monthly developer chart , provided by Chart-Track, showing how the world’s software companies fared during December and the all-important Christmas period at UK retail. While Call of Duty 4 may have been the top selling game at Christmas in the UK, it’s …

With many gamers heading to the shops today to find only emptiness and ‘for sale’ signs in the spot where they’d usually peruse the new releases, Sega has abated the post-Christmas new release blues with a number of Q1 confirmations. January will see the release of Wii racing-come-platform-come-flying-about title Nights: …

SPECIAL FEATURE: Develop investigates how making games for multiple SKUs has impacted studios

In an unusual, but welcome, step developer Criterion has released an update for the existing Burnout Paradise demo on Xbox 360 and PS3, CVG reports. The patch ups the number of available online competitors from four to eight in multiplayer, and also adds 13 new Freeburn challenges ahead of its …

After winning over the specialist press with it’s technologically demanding arrival on PC last year, rumours have once again emerged that EA’s hi-tech free-roaming FPS Crysis could be heading to consoles – in this instance specifically Xbox 360. Gaming Today spotted a post on the inCrysis forums that highlights an …

Following last year’s release of Capcom’s Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, the Wii is to receive its second on-rails shooter in the form of Konami’s Target: Terror. The game will see players slay terrorists with a wide number of weapon, including machine guns, grenade launchers, flame throwers and even orbital space …

Develop's exclusive studio ranking puts Japanese giant at top of the festive pops

This year’s TIGA Awards will take place at the Haymarket Hotel in London on January 30th – and organisers promise it will be bigger and more prestigious than ever before. TIGA, the independent games developer association, has expanded the voting categories to bring in two new trophies – Best Technology …