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MCV sister site Develop reports that an investors meeting recently hosted by Lazard Capital Markets with THQ has shown the ambitious American publisher’s plans to grow its business. THQ recently suffered a net loss of $7m in the Q2 following poor performances of its new Stuntman and Juiced games. However …

Infinity Ward, the development team behind recently released next-gen shooter Call of Duty 4, has said it is hard at work on resolving the online troubles the PS3 version of the title has faced since its release last week. Many PS3 gamers have reported that they are experiencing a number …

Despite suffering a heavy stock fall following the news that key upcoming title Metal Gear Solid 4 will not arrive until next year, Konami has posted a 23 per cent rise in net income for the first half of its financial year ending September 2007. Net income reached YEN 13,075 …

Online tech to drive new FPS

Meeting with investors reveals management's plans to bolster business

Microsoft Game Studios' GM discusses Rare's work for Nintendo's dominant handheld

Media giant's strengths in multiple entertainment fields can aid game development

In the second part of our interview with Microsoft Game Studiosâ?? general manager Phil Spencer, we discuss what Microsoft thinks of the Silicon Knights and Epic legal spat, why letting Rare develop for DS will aid MGSâ?? design skills and how the company is catering to the widened games marketâ?¦

Building closer relationships with our R&D teams, and speaking to consumers on a more regular basis across all regions is critical, but this will not be at the expense of delivering to the market unique, innovative and entertaining experiences for which Capcom is synonymous. We’re also entering new genres and …

Few things stand so tall over the city of London that they can be seen for miles around. There’s Canary Wharf, obviously, the BT Tower, The Millennium Wheel, Ken Livingstone’s famous Gherkin and, erm, Homer Simpson. Okay, so he might not be a regular fixture of Europe’s most celebrated city, …