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Yoichi Wada, the CEO of Japanese games giant Square Enix, has claimed that Microsoft is the only current platform holder who remains dedicated to selling in the games market, that the Wii is being bought as a toy and that Sony is unsure about what its machine really is. In …

10th annual competition sees 173 entrants

Despite the tremendous success of recent Hollywood flick Transformers on HD-DVD, the film’s director Michael Bay has lashed out at the format, claiming that the Xbox 360 platform holder wants both Toshiba’s HD-DVD and Sony’s Blu-Ray to fail so it can grow its own digital distribution plans, Kotaku reports that …

Casual games firm to become Playrix Entertainment

Along with all the shiny bells and whistles, and if MCV’s experience is anything to go by the far smoother UI operation, that arrived with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Autumn Update yesterday, it has also been confirmed that from now on those who are only registered for the free version of …

New version of software configuration management tool boasts improved project management and automation

1. On 9 August 2007 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred the completed acquisition of Games Station Limited (Gamestation) by Game Group PLC (GAME) to the Competition Commission (CC) for investigation and report. The reference was made under section 22 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act). We are …

US baseball star's game studio fills key CTO role as ramp up on new IP begins

Mind behind Crackdown, GTA and Lemmings to talk 'My First MMO'

The governing body of the US games industry, the ESRB, has struck out at the National Institute on Media and the Family for undermining what it believes is a working, credible video games rating system in North America. Next-Gen reports that the recent release of the NIMF’s annual Video Game …