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Row deepens as UE3 vendor dubs legal action "a cynical effort"

Codemasters has opened a new UK development studio. Joining the publisher’s existing operations in Southam and Kuala Lumpur, Codemasters Studios Guildford is headed up by Adrian Bolton who was previously development director for EA Criterion. Bolton will report to Gavin Cheshire, VP of Codemasters Studios. The studio will initially target …

HMV has ruled out any plans to introduce games to its Fopp stores after purchasing the brand name and six of the chain’s most profitable outlets from administrators. Fopp was forced to close on July 31st after credit problems, which were exacerbated by the acquisition of doomed retail chain Music …

SIGGRAPH: Four GPU machine designed for offline graphical tasks

While US and Japanese gamers continue to snap up PS3 hardware for as much as 150 cheaper than UK consumers, several leading industry execs have criticised the console’s controversial 425 price tag. Duncan Cross, head of games at supermarket giant Asda, strongly believes that the Sony console needs a helping …

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 …