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It has been confirmed that George Lucas’ LucasArts and RGP specialist BioWare are hard at work on an as of yet unannounced title, Next-Gen reports. Nothing is yet known of the game, though LucasArts president Jim Ward stated: Through our previous collaborations, we know that BioWare has an impressive ability …

Next-Gen reports that nearly three years after the game first debuted on GameCube, the fourth version of the game on Nintendo Wii has shipped one million copies globally. As well as recently appearing on PC, Resident Evil 4 has enjoyed success on both PS2 and GameCube, selling two million and …

Games development population set to pass the 5,000 mark

The platform holder’s figures come courtesy of ChartTrack and state that one million DS consoles have been sold in 2007 alone – with a bumper Christmas season still to come. There is also good news in terms of software, as Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training has sold over a million units …

LiveMove updated to Pro edition, reducing lag and adding other functionality

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that the company is planning to add new functions to its DS handheld that are ‘more practical than entertaining’. Although he didn’t provide hard specifics, Iwata told the Wall Street Journal that the features would be useful in train stations, amusement parks or museums …

Nintendo’s new Touch! Generations ads are to feature six well-known stars of stage and screen as the platform holder continues its push into mainstream consciousness. Alongside This Morning duo Phil and Fern, Julie Walters, Patrick Stewart, Zoe Ball and Johnny Ball will feature in the new outdoor, print and TV …

Games firms to partner on new 'interactive entertainment product'

What has changed at Mad Catz and Joytech since the acquisiton? We’re enormously proud and gratified that in acquiring Joytech from Take 2, we have managed to keep all UK members of the Joytech team and relocate them to our European HQ in Milton Keynes. There have been no redundancies …

The funny thing was that during this period, the AvP brand as it was known was in its infancy. There was a series of comics but that was about it. What we did have, however, were two incredibly popular franchises which had been ‘fused’ together. We were never going to …