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2007 event confirmed with Dave Perry keynote

EA Tiburon founder to look after Live, Games for Windows, Casual, MSN and XNA

Pac-Man creator to present three-hour talk at TGS umbrella event

Sierra Entertainment, an arm of Vivendi Games, will release The Spiderwick Chronicles – a title based on the series of books and upcoming film of the same name. The plot follows twin brothers Jared and Simon and their sister Mallory Grace – all of which will have distinct abilities during …

Eidos chief executive Jane Cavanagh OBE has hit out at the Government for starving UK video games studios of funds – and said that the industry is not being taken seriously” at the highest level. The Britsoft firm announced its decision to open a giant new Montreal-based studio in February …

UK publisher opens studio in South Eastâ??s well known development talent base as ramp up for new projects continues

MCV understands that Rockstar’s case is being considered by the BBFC at the moment, but will take a considerable amount of time to come to a head – leaving the publisher in danger of releasing the game long after after the intial wave of hype is over. Last time this …

Product not withdrawn; source code available for free to developers

Voting rights double as EA has now been in possession of stock for two years

EA’s VP of Central Europe Peter Laughton has told MCV that the Russian games market is there for the taking – providing the industry chooses to work together to crack it. We would love everyone else to join us in trying to open up this market,” he told MCV. It …