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With only a week to go until the official UK Christmas number one video game champion is crowned, Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games maintains its place at the top of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 – but its rivals aren’t giving up the fight. Only 2,500 …

Compatibility update adds support for latest content programs

Singaporean developer teams with four new content partners

Secret original IP in the works at new Guildford studio

Tokyo and Florida bases set to aid expansion of portfolio

Record year for engine developer

Cory Ondrejka to â??pursue new professional challengesâ??

A listing on US retailer GameStop’s website suggests that PSP title Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters will be making a budget-priced jump to Sony’s PS2 in North America next February, Joystiq reports. There’s no official word on the port yet, though the site claims it will cost 29.99 and arrive …

PS3’s reputation as one of the best Blu-Ray players on the marketplace will take a further boost tomorrow with the arrival of Sony’s latest firmware update, taking the disc standard to what is known as ‘Profile 1.1′. Though to many PS3 owners this will mean absolutely nothing, it does mean …

Codemasters has been a mainstay of the UK development scene, but now it has big plans for the future focused around ambitious plans for its internal engine, EGO, and a new studio in Guildford. Develop paid the exec team a visit to find out moreâ?¦