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Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 may soon enjoy a bone fide release in Europe – albeit only in Holland. The Dutch Ministry has declined to intervene in the title’s path to retail in the territory – as it would conflict with current Netherlands law. According to the Associated Press, it will still …

DSGi has posted a six per cent increase in overall revenues for the 16 weeks leading to August 18th. According to the firm, the rise in takings is largely down to flat panel sales. The group said 11 per cent group sales were good, yet it is too early to …

Level 5, the developer behind Japan’s favourite RPG series, Dragon Quest, and recent PS2 RPG Rogue Galaxy, has announced that it is working on a football-based RPG for DS called Inazume Eleven. IGN reports that the game follows the tales of a school football team as it battles its way …

US developer Medaverse has revealed via its forums that it is working on a title, named Gravitronix, for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii Software Channel, according to Eurogamer . Gravitronix allows up to four players to enter battle in a single-screen arena, firing all manner of assorted projectiles and making full use …

Industry veteran Al King, alongside founder and creator Eddie Gill, Lloyd Sharp, Lizzie Wilding and Sam Bennett has launched Kwari, a new multiplayer online gaming service which has taken its lead from poker sites to introduce the concept of playing an FPS for money. To ensure a fair game, players …

Developers and industry professionals invited to submit proposals by end of September

Following the news that 2K Games’ atmospheric FPS stormed in at number one in the UK to become the second fastest-selling 360 game – alongside similar success in the US – BioShock has followed suit in Australia as the 360 version debuts at number one in the All Format charts. …

XNA track sessions from Microsoft developer event available for free

Former GarageGames man Jay Moore and MUD mastermind Dr. Richard Bartle to keynote

Nearly three years after Xbox hit Halo 2 first hit the shelves, Seattle-based developer Bungie has announced that development on the final part of its Halo trilogy is now complete, and that the title has been released to manufacturing. Halo 3 has already become the most pre-ordered game in history …