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Chief executive of Electronic Arts John Riccitiello has told some of the most powerful luminaries in television that games are no more violent a media than TV programmes. Speaking in a presentation to the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention, Riccitiello said video games were ‘unfairly demonised’ in the press for …
Read More »Eyetronics expands to Canada
3D scanning firm to address growing Canadian development market
Read More »EA CEO tells TV industry: â??Youâ??re just as violent as gamesâ??
John Riccitiello defends interactive entertainment to Royal Television Society
Read More »Satchell: Industry must wake up to giving gamers IP rights
XNA boss says Microsoft has shown leadership in letting players use game properties in free projects
Read More »Pro Evo 2008 dated
From October 26th, fans of the mega-selling football franchise will be able to snap up the new version of Pro Evolution Soccer on PS3, Xbox 360, PC, PS2 and mobile, while the PSP and DS versions are to follow in November. The recently revealed Wii version has yet to be …
Read More »Blockbuster acquires stranded ChoicesUK stores
The administrator of ChoicesUK has confirmed that Blockbuster has bought out 59 of the troubled retailer’s outlets. PricewaterhouseCoopers has revealed that the stores will be rebranded under the Blockbuster name. The sale will secure employment for approximately 450 employees across the UK. However, 80 ChoicesUK stores remain without a buyer …
Read More »Reloaded Studios to use CryEngine 2 for first MMO
Newly formed Korean dev nabs rights to Crytek's engine for online title
Read More »Trade tickets go on sale for Games Media Awards
The Finalists have been announced and invites are on their way to the press. Now the rest of the industry gets the chance to buy tickets to the first ever Games Media Awards on October 11th at London’s Soho Revue bar. With categories across specialist and mainstream outlets, in print …
Read More »Leipzig 1 London 0
There were more Brits there than ever this time, and we must surely hail the organisation, facilities and affordability of this dark horse that seems to have comfortably seen off anything else that northern Europe can muster, whilst IDEF in Cannes looks to grab the southern territories. Is there room …
Read More »EAs first ever survival horror game revealed
Electronic Arts looks set to go head-to-head with the likes of Resident Evil and Silent Hill with Dead Space – the mega-publisher’s first ever survival horror title. Details of the game have been unveiled by the website of Game Informer magazine. The publication reports: ‘Fans of the cult-classic film Event …
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