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Kawanishi shuffled out over disagreement, says rumour mill

Next-Gen reports that global phone giant Nokia has delayed the launch of its new N-Gage mobile games service from this month until later in the year. Rather than focusing on a dedicated gaming handset, as was the case with the first N-Gage, this time round N-Gage will represent a dedicated …

MCV sister site Develop reports that Rockstar, no stranger to controversy, has once again hit the internet headlines, this time regarding the credits in Manhunt 2. In a blog post by Jurie Horneman, previously the game’s producer, it has been revealed that the instruction manual of the recently-released US version …

Two weeks ago, EA's Gerhard Florin suggested that in future, the industry would benefit from a move towards a single, unified and open games format.

It has been confirmed to MCV that the current UK head of Microsoft Xbox PR Nick Grange is to move to publisher Activision to assume the role of European PR director on November 29th. Grange has been with the Xbox platform holder for five years, overseeing the successful launch of …

Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has stated that whilst the Wii outsold PS3 by two-to-one throughout October in Japan, Sony’s machine has narrowed the gap enjoyed by its rival for the fourth month in succession, Reuters reports. The Wii sold 110,415 units throughout the month, with PS3 selling 47,183. It’s a stark …

It shot straight to number one in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, but online lag problems have dogged Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 – now the publisher has released a patch to address to address the problems in the PC version of the title. The patch not …

Sega – Senior Brand Manager – Two positions available You think you know Sega? Did you know that Sega is the home of the Total War and Aliens franchises? The home of games based on Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Golden Compass and new games such as Viking: Battle …

Google is to host a handful of Oberon Media’s casual games on its Orkut service – and developers are being encouraged to create even more for the portal. Oberon has created a toolset that allows devs to create games for social networking sites that support Google’s OpenSocial platform, including MySpace, …

Casual provider to piggyback Googleâ??s API for viral gaming