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It seems to be an argument that is picking up momentum – first EA’s Gerhard Florin calls for a unified single games platform, and then Silicon Knights boss Dennis Dyack backs him up. And now Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi has added his approval to the debate. Talking to GameSpot …

UKTI's examination of games industry available to download

I’d filled a lab with a cornucopia of games technology, from deafening arcade machines to tiny pocketable gadgets, and then over a period of some time, watched carefully as the under 20s, and often the under 11s, played them for all they were worth. At the time horror stories were …

Following its previous admission that parts of its upcoming The Simpsons Game had to be cut following complaints from rival Rockstar, some of the development team from EA’s title have lashed out at the developer. Gamepolitics reports that speaking on the US Game Head programme, The Simpson Game’s executive producer …

All has been quiet on the Burnout front in the last few months, but reports that the game is more or less complete and ready to go have been backed by the announcement of the North American release date of January 22nd. However, European gamers have yet to hear when …

It has emerged that the anti-cheating measures Sony implemented for the recently released Eye of Judgement on PS3 can be easily bypassed with the use of a simple colour printer. Eye of Judgement is a card game that comes bundled with the new PS3 EyeToy, the PlayStation Eye. The game …

Euro publisher to release developer's anticipated Wii title in February

Since the late 2005 launch of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 marked the beginning of the current next-gen home console generation, all three platforms have had to contend with the issues of hardware supply problems, paucity of games releases and transitioning gamers from previous generation (128 bit PS2, GameCube, Xbox) console platforms …

Imagine Publishing is gunning for Future’s market share with the launch of a new PC gaming title, which it claims will fill a gap in a sector by offering more holistic content. Total PC Gaming, which will launch on November 8th, will cover MMOs, retro games and hardware as well …

Following a number of licensing coups that has seen it achieve significant success in the value PS2 market, Blast is looking forward to its second Christmas and beyond as it plans to roll out key titles onto other formats. We’ve had a fantastic year and we’re set to reap the …