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10TACLE STUDIOS HALL ONE, I50 The company has a number of titles on show, including Codename Panzers: Cold War (RTS, PC), Black Prophecy (Sci-Fi MMO, PC), a new next-gen project (Action, PC/XBOX360), Boulder Dash – Rocks (Puzzle Game, Nintendo DS and PSP) and Panzer Tactics DS (Strategy, DS). ACTIVISION HALL …

MCV sister magazine Mobile Entertainment reports that the former Vodafone Global games boss had a brief tenure with industry standards thinktank OMTP, before re-emerging with this major role. EA Mobile hasn’t been around that long, but already dominates decks the world over with its huge brand portfolio. Harrison will lead …

Online D&D game to feature full voice chat capabilities

BioShock on the Xbox 360 has topped the Amazon.com all format best sellers in the US, reported Next Generation . In a strong week for the console, the second and third positions also belonged to the Xbox 360, in the shape of Halo 3 (pre-order) and Madden NFL 08. The …

Games and DVD rental, sell-through and distribution firm ChoicesUK has reported that it is to go into administration as soon as possible. According to Reuters, the chain stopped trading as of yesterday. Its shares closed at 10.25p – less than four per cent of the value of their all time …

Exclusive Developmag.com tutorial from prolific Xbox Live Arcade studio

Former Take 2 man takes London-based role to drive forward strategy that includes MTV Games and Nickelodeon.

505 Games will sponsor a new quiz show on Sky One called Are you Smarter Than a Ten-Year-Old? The daytime series will debut this October and will be hosted by Noel Edmonds and presented by Dick and Dom. The sponsorship will take the form of promotional trailers before the show’s …

Gears Of War creator Epic Games has acquired a majority interest in People Can Fly, the Polish development studio behind Painkiller. MCV sister site Develop reports that the two companies first developed a relationship when People Can Fly showed Epic prototypes of an Unreal Engine 3-based multi-platform title they were …

Gearbox, Ubisoft, Pivotal and others to use foliage middleware