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Warner Bros, the new force in the games publishing sector, is to acquire leading developer Travellers’ Tales. The studio will keep its name, and will continue to work with current partners such as Lego, LucasArts and Guinness World Records. "TT Games is very successful and respected in the game development …

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God of War II creative director leaves, but confirms plans for PS3 sequel

Parents of Xbox gamers will be able to restrict gameplay time with the new functionality, which can be set on a day by day or week by week basis. The Family Timer feature will be available for download via Xbox Live in early December. As a leader in interactive entertainment, …

Another snippet to emerge from yesterday’s BMO Capital Markets Conference comes from Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime, who has claimed that rivals Microsoft and Sony now find themselves in an awkward position in the next-gen market. CNN quotes him as saying: "The challenge that our competitors have is significant. They’ve …

Speaking at yesterday’s BMO Capital Markets conference, Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick has stated that it won’t commit to any date or time period for the release of next-gen title Grand Theft Auto IV, Gamesindustry reports. It was announced in August that the title would miss its initial October ’07 …

It has been confirmed that US entertainment retailer Target has removed the PSP version of Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 from its North American stores following the news that it can be hacked to reveal the content that was cut to appease ratings body the ESRB. Following widespread internet rumours, GameSpot got …

Midway has today revealed to MCV that Unreal Tournament 3 will be released on PC on November 23rd in the UK. The latest title in the hugely successful FPS franchise from Epic Games has been in development for over two years and is eagerly awaited by gamers worldwide. The game …

Last year the Italian video games market grew 2.3 per cent (with a total income of €742m). For the first half of this year, a total growth of 47.6 per cent was registered. The research outlines that the €742m income does not take into account the market for gaming devices …

Are games really that important to your entertainment mix? It’s now our biggest entertainment format, bigger than DVD or music. From about two or three months now – and DVD has some massive releases coming up. Consistently over the summer we have been the biggest. We increased our games space …