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It’s already one of the bloodiest sagas in the history of modern games development, but the feud between sacked Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella has been taken to a whole new dimension with the news that the pair have opened a new studio and aligned themselves with …

The very public fight between Activision and Infinity Ward’s former bosses has taken an interesting twist. Jason West and Vince Zampella have formed Respawn Entertainment – and the kicker for Activision is that they have a publishing deal with Electronic Arts. The two were ousted for the studio in early …

Why have you decided to return to the games industry and take your new position at Capcom Europe? When I retired from Sony, I did what I said I would do and I have been working with a lot of charities – specifically St John’s Ambulance where I am a …

For the second time this year Ubisoft’s Just Dance is spending its second week in a row at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The triumph means Ubisoft can now lay claim to more 2010 number ones than any other publisher. And with Splinter Cell: …

It’s a title that gamers have been demanding for years and now Sega’s Sports Interactive has finally announced that it is coming – and it will be here within the next 48 hours. Football Manager Handheld 2010, as it will be called, should hopefully be on the App Store by …

The combination of a licence as wide-reaching as the World Cup and a new easier-to-understand control scheme will, EA hopes, entice a new generation of gamers to buy into the already lucrative FIFA franchise later this month. We’re delighted with the performance of FIFA 10 and believe 2010 FIFA World …

It’s still held up as the benchmark title for high-end PC gaming, so what is the thinking behind the arrival of Crytek’s FPS series Crysis on console? It’s not about sales. It’s never, ever about sales. Sales is EA’s job,” Crytek’s CEO Cevat Yerli told VG247. That the console migration …

Fired Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella might be back in games development sooner than you think. Although the two are embroiled in an ugly suit-countersuit with former employer Activision, their lawyer has said the two ‘plan to have an announcement very soon’ detailing their next move. It …

National financial support, age ratings, IP theft, skills, broadband – these are the areas that ELSPA will focus its efforts on as it outlines its lobbying intentions for the duration of the next Parliament. During the last Parliament, ELSPA made great strides in getting the games industry recognised and respected …

The first details of Epic’s new game that ISN’T Gears of War 3 have finally emerged – it’s called Bulletstorm, it will be published by EA and it’s co-developed by Painkiller studio People Can Fly. Revealed on the cover of the next edition of US mag Game Informer, it’s set …