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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 …

The Top Spin franchise will arrive on Wii in a format exclusive title called Top Spin Tennis next spring. The game play will be built around the Wii’s distinct remote and nunchuk, and as with other games in the Top Spin series, it will feature twelve real-life international tennis stars. …

The Official Halo 3 Guide will be launched into US stores alongside Halo 3 on September 25th. Piggyback produced the guide for Halo 2, which sold 270,000 units on its first day of release. "The Halo franchise has transcended the video game industry and become part of the culture at …

Stealth-action title Sabotage to launch on PC and next-gen consoles

Virtual Lab to increase speed of game development

New Texas studio claims to reinvent the game development and publishing model

Inside Game Design covers methods and motivations for design

British tools firm to introduce brand new American football IP called Backbreaker

SCEE boss David Reeves has told an excited Leipzig crowd that Sony expects over 140 million PlayStation systems to be installed in PAL territory homes by 2010. The figure – which is greater than the entire population of Japan – is made up of consumers who had a PSOne, PS2 …

SCEE president David Reeves has told a packed Leipzig Game Convention that the PS3 has already notched up an impressive 1.3 million sales in Europe. Giving a full sales update to the anticipatory crowd, the Sony boss was in the mood for celebration – also revealing that the PS3 had …