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Following the ESRB’s recent decision to downgrade its rating of Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 from ‘Adult Only’ to ‘Mature’ in North America, paving the way for its release, the US governing body is resisting calls to reveal exactly what content Rockstar altered prior to the resubmission. Next-Gen reports that Californian State …

Codemasters, the British developer and publisher of triple-A titles such as Colin McRae and TOCA Race Driver, has signed a deal with in-game ad firm IGA Worldwide that will see a variety of ads appear in its upcoming titles. As Codemasters continues to deliver innovative and compelling content, the proven …

Chilean developer to use Valveâ??s engine for fantasy-action game

Series A funding to help developer create original IP

Itâ??s the big risk, bigger reward gamble for developers, but when it comes to MMOGs, at least thereâ??s plenty of middleware to choose fromâ?¦

Bioshock has lived up to the hype at retail this week, storming in at number one and becoming the second fastest-selling 360 game after Gears of War. 2K’s triple-A title outstrips chart stalwart Transformers, which drops one place to two, just ahead of Nintendo’s two Brain Training titles for DS …

Mercury Games and Atari UK are to join forces to distribute and market the three titles this autumn. "Atari are pleased to be partnering Mercury Games,” said MD of Atari UK and Nordic Jeremy Wigmore. It has an exciting and varied product line up and we are looking forward to …

Casual games firm PopCap has completed what it says is the largest-ever worldwide survey of casual computer game players – with the results revealing, amongst other things, that 70 per cent of ‘family gamers’ say casual games provide educational benefits to their children. A number of benefits were cited by …

PC game publisher and distributor Paradox Interactive has taken on two ex-Atari executives as it ramps up its sales, marketing and distribution operations, reported Next Generation . Reena Miranda was previously director of product acquisition and third party at the publisher, while Martin Sirc was managing director at Atari Nordic. …

Build management tool to be used on undisclosed projects