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Read More »TIGA Awards set for January
PR agency Peppermint P set to sponsor awards
Read More »UK publishers anxious to satisfy mass market in 2008
The UK industry’s biggest publishers have revealed the challenges that await them next year: and it appears the major worry is that ‘you can’t please all of the people, all of the time’. According to the likes of EA, Ubisoft and Activision, the trial of keeping the increasingly lucrative casual …
Read More »3D Realms takes Duke multi-platform
Developer planning console versions of Duke Nukem Forever
Read More »UK 2007 games sales smash all records
Games sales in the UK have reached at an all-time high – with last week becoming the biggest ever single week of sales. For weeks one to 50 in 2007, the total number of units sold was up 16.6 per cent and 25.3 per cent by value compared to 2006. …
Read More »Duke Nukem Forever planned for multi-format release
Developer 3D Realms has told MCV that it is planning on a multi-format release for the highly anticipated shooter Duke Nukem Forever, which has been in development for around ten years. The title, which is currently without a firm release date, was previously thought to be a PC exclusive, however …
Read More »Momentum builds for 2008 Develop conference
Call for speakers goes out as event is confirmed to run from July 29th to 31st in Brighton, UK
Read More »Peter Moore: Innovation is bedrock of EA
President of EA Sports Peter Moore has hit out at those who brand the publisher as having a lack of innovation. Speaking to GameDaily , Moore called the idea that the company’s sports games are unoriginal as one of the biggest misconceptions in the industry”. He added that the reason …
Read More »SWOS pulled from Xbox Live
Having been originally pencilled in for a summer release, the much-delayed Sensible World of Soccer finally arrived on Xbox Live Arcade today – but has already been removed due to an error. A statement from Microsoft reads: It has come to our attention that an incorrect version of Sensible World …
Read More »UK 360 CHART: COD4 holds firm at No.1
Call Of Duty 4 has fought off competition to retain its position at the top of the ChartTrack Xbox 360 chart. The Activision title is followed in second once again by Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed, with Microsoft’s Halo 3 moving up from fourth to third. EA’s Need For Speed: ProStreet swaps …
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