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Emerging publisher Warner has dated its upcoming slate of Watchmen game offerings, with Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 heading to Xbox Live Arcade later this month in Europe and on August 26th in the US. There’s plenty more to come, too. Whilst Watchmen was once destined for a …

Jagex has hired Jon Hare as its head of publishing, the firm announced this morning. Hare, who is well known for his work on titles such as Sensible Soccer, Mega-Lo-Mania and Cannon Fodder, will have particular focus on further developing FunOrb.com, the developer’s casual games portal. In his 24 year …

It seems as if the dismissive power of Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer is not quite enough to convince the games industry that the platform holder will not be cutting the price of PS3 any time soon – so SCEA president Jack Tretton has joined in too. Speaking to FastCompany, …

Aside from the headlines troubles caused by the wallet-tightening credit crunch, a darker side of the economic crisis is currently blighting UK retail with news that both theft and fraud are significantly on the up. A new report commissioned by Simplybusiness.co.uk claims that 47 per cent of the UK’s independent …

Britsoft publisher Eidos is to be absorbed as part of a brand new European arm for new owners Square Enix – costing both British and European jobs in the process. Current Eidos chief executive Phil Rogers will be heading up (the provisionally titled) Square Enix Europe, with John Yamamoto leading …

A third brand has joined Blazing Angels and Tom Clancy’s HAWX in Ubisoft’s flight sim stable – former Atari title Heroes Over Europe. The game, a sequel to 2005’s Heroes of the Pacific, has seen its initial release window come and go but should now at least have a secure …

Devoted followers of LucasArts’ classic point-and-click series Monkey Island now have a new date to mark in their diaries – July 15th will see the release of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on Xbox Live Arcade. The re-make of the 1990 title boasts updated hi-def graphics, a re-mastered …

Fill in a form, decipher the captcha, click the verification email, download the client – getting going in even the simplest MMO can be hard work, and the developer of Football Superstars has said that each of these barrier’s can lose a title 50 per cent of its potential userbase. …

Following the precedent Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars set in the UK when it became the first 18 rated DS game to hit the shelves, the critically acclaimed title is set to become the first Cero Z rated title for Nintendo’s handheld in Japan. A Cero Z rating is …

Meroncourt Europe has acquired the distribution rights to the Raptor Gaming range of PC peripherals within the UK and Ireland. The line-up includes gaming mice, keyboards, headsets and mouse pads, along with an extensive range of other accessories. The Raptor Range will add to Meroncourt’s existing portfolio of PC gaming …