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As had been rumoured, Capcom has revealed a fifth game in the Devil May Cry series at its Tokyo Game Show conference. Called simply DMC, is being jointly developed by Capcom and Heavenly Sword and Enslaved developer Ninja Theory. The Devil May Cry series first debuted on PS2 in 2001 …
Read More »More digital Dead Rising on the way
Speaking at its ongoing Tokyo Game Show press conference, publisher Capcom has confirmed that a second downloadable Dead Rising game is on the way, and will also be exclusive to Xbox 360. Called Dead Rising 2: Case West, the game will star Frank West, the popular protagonist from the first …
Read More »O-Games expands as John Daly nears
UK-based publisher O-Games has announced two key additions to its team ahead of the release of John Daly’s ProStroke Golf. Tina Moore joins the firm as a consultant and will be responsible for the marketing strategy behind O-Games’ key releases. She has previously held senior positions at Sega, Ubisoft, Take-Two …
Read More »New roles for key marketing execs
Some highly regarded and popular names in games marketing and PR have taken up new roles. Activision’s senior brand manager Gary Sims – who has worked on Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk and Blur, has left the publisher to join toy specialist Hasbro. In his new role Sims will be working …
Read More »Who is gamings next video star?
A far-reaching search for new video and writing talent is about to begin. IGN’s newest recruitment drive will kick off next month a special competition designed to find undiscovered personalities that will boost its UK team. Most notably, the company is looking for headline presenters – both male and female …
Read More »Zavvi gets exclusive Vanquish LE
Retailer Zavvi will be the exclusive stockist of the Limited Edition version of Sega’s futuristic console shooter Vanquish. Currently available to pre-order at 54.95 (though the site claims the SKU carries an RRP of 69.99), the bundle includes the game as well as a packaged seven-inch figurine of lead protagonist …
Read More »Consumers positive about Online Pass
EA has claimed that it hasn’t experienced any sort of backlash from consumers as a result of introducing its Online Pass in titles such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 and the upcoming FIFA 11. In fact, the publisher has gone so far as to say that gamers are positive …
Read More »GameSeek goes low on F1 2010
Video games retailer GameSeek is to undercut both its indie competition and most likely all of the UK’s nationals too with an eye-watering low offer on next week’s release F1 2010. The website is already taking pre-orders on Codemasters’ title on Xbox 360 and PS3 for just 29.85 – that’s …
Read More »EA reveals My Garden for 3DS
Publisher EA has kicked off its Tokyo Game Show keynote by announcing a brand new family title for the 3DS – My Garden. It will be published on the EA Play label and is scheduled to be a launch title for the hardware, though EA didn’t offer any hints as …
Read More »UKIE adds low-end £500 membership
As part of its new strategy to widen its membership trade association UKIE has introduced a new 500 membership packaged. It’s hoped the low-cost fee will help attract the emerging wave of online, casual, social and mobile games that the organisation formerly called ELSPA wants to reach. The organisation rebranded …
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