Microsoft has announced that Fable II will be released in North America and the UK in October. The title will ship to US retailers on October 21st and UK stores three days later. The platform holder said that subsequent release dates throughout the rest of the world would arrive ‘in …

Can you tell us about the new structure of cdv? Christian Gloe: We have completely restructured and expanded our operation in Europe. Traditionally, cdv was known as a German-based PC centric publisher; now we have products across all platforms with dedicated offices in the key territories. We have established offices …

Asda has outlined an ultra-aggressive battleplan in order to further grow its share of the UK games market – which could soon include pre-owned and own brand games. The grocery giant revealed its plans and ambitions at the Asda MVG (Music, Video, Games) Conference in Leeds last week, to a …

Yesterday, Xbox VP David Gosen keynoted the UK Gamefest event, revealing a big investment in Europe on all fronts, including development. We spoke to him after to gauge his thoughts on developing for peripheral based games, the industry talent pipeline, and where exactly Microsoft is spending to 'win' in Europeâ?¦

Peripherals specialist Blaze is set to release more devices in its retro range, following the success of its portable Mega Drive. The firm’s latest handheld features 20 built-in Mega Drive games, including classics like Sonic and Knuckles, Echo the Dolphin, Alex Kidd and Golden Axe, and the company hopes that …

VP Gosen says format-holder will put more cash into dev relations and content deals

It may be embroiled in political controversy and concerns over pollution, but the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is set to be the biggest sporting event of the year. At Athens in 2004, more than 300 TV channels provided 35,000 hours of Olympic coverage to 3.9 billion people in 220 countries. …

Microsoft was coy about its Rock Band 2 exclusivity deal when it was unveiled at E3 recently – but now it seems that its agreed deal to see the game locked out from PS3 could last for just one month. Eagle-eyed Spong has noticed that a handful of North American …

Nintendo fans rejoice – the next addition to the Japanese company’s family of home consoles may be here sooner than you think. The platform holder’s president Satoru Iwata has admitted that the firm is hard at work on a follow-up to the all-conquering, motion-sensing system. However, Iwata added that current …

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has won North American distribution rights to Turbine Entertainment’s self-published Lord of the Rings Online retail expansion pack, Mines of Moria. Midway had handled distribution of the original game. The expansion will be released this autumn as both a ‘complete’ and ‘collector’s edition’ boxed product, with …