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Electronic Arts is preparing to offer its PC consumers the chance to download games from its own digital store. The publisher has launched a viral marketing campaign to promote the new portal. The video opens by with a wooden EA-branded box and the promise that: ‘Something BIG is about to …

Microsoft’s Special Edition Halo 3 Xbox 360 will cost 30 more than its recently reduced Premium console – but come with HDMI support. The system will be decked out with a snazzy Spartan green and gold finish and will launch with the Halo 3 game on September 26th. Alongside its …

In this exclusive Developmag.com interview we talk to Spark Unlimited CEO to discuss the studio's new game Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, which is attempting to offer a more grown up view on WW2 themes such as propaganda and war, and how other developers can address more mature issuesâ?¦

Brian Waddle joins to grow tools company sales channel and brand awareness

Time for Wii-owning football fans to celebrate: Konami has announced that it is to release a version of Pro Evo built especially for the console. The publisher revealed the news during its Leipzig showcase yesterday. The as-yet-unnamed title will be released in ‘early 2008′. According to next-gen.biz , he firm …

Orlando, Florida development team invests in prototyping of new games properties

Earlier this month in San Diego at Sandbox Symposium, a co-located two-day games analysis event running before SIGGRAPH, a panel of EA execs discussed a new pre-production process their studios have had in place to aid games design via rapid prototyping.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which departs from the franchise’s usual World War Two setting, will be available worldwide on November 5th, reported Next Generation . Activision also revealed the international track list for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Songs will include Minus Celsius (Backyard Babies), Hier Kommt …

SOEâ??s Greg Short and Epic Chinaâ??s Paul Meegan added to conference roster

Ubisoft PC titles will carry the Microsoft Games For Windows branding in future. The news was revealed by the platform holder at its Leipzig conference yesterday. The first Games For Windows Ubisoft title is The Settlers: Rise of an Empire. Other publishers already signed up to Games For windows include …