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Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 has taken the number one spot in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 software chart after its first week on sale. The title makes it a football one-two-three, with EA’s FIFA 08 holding on to second spot for another week and Sega’s Football Manager 2008 …

David Amor, the boss of Buzz studio Relentless Software, has ahead of tomorrow’s release of Buzz in North America said that the time is now right for the successful quiz series to hit retail on that side of the Atlantic. Speaking to Next-Gen, Amor believes that SCEE is ahead of …

Despite its box office success, the Resident Evil movie trilogy has been far from hit with gamers – but hopes will be high that the brand new computer generated movie entitled Biohazard: Degeneration will deliver the big-screen experience that gamers have been looking for. Capcom has teamed up with Sony …

Nintendo of America’s award-winning president Reggie Fils-Aime has praised rival Sony for its upcoming title LittleBigPlanet, whilst also adding good words about Microsoft’s Halo franchise and 2K Games’ 360 shooter Bioshock. CVG reports that Fils-Aime told SFGate.com that: "I’ve been very intrigued with Little Big Planet, although I don’t know …

MCV’s sister site Develop reports that Testronic Labs has appointed Thorsten Heinze as the head of its games division. Having previously worked at the likes of Nintendo, Crytek and Vivendi, Heinze will be tasked with driving forward business growth for the testing firm. The firm, which is owned by German …

Following MCV’s exclusive interview with BBFC senior examiner Gianni Zamo , fellow examiner Jim Cliff has spoken to consumer site Spong about the Board’s decision to ban the game from sale in the UK – and has answered of the reoccurring questions surrounding the debate. When asked at GameCity how …

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 …