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Cult shooter Geometry Wars hits Wii tomorrow – and publisher Vivendi is confident that its critical success can translate into impressive sales. The release has been subject to several improvements over the original Xbox Live title and has been wowing the critics, product marketing executive Gary Chantler told MCV: Everyone’s …

Infinity Ward, developer of Call of Duty 4, has cited piracy as the main reason for the decline in PC gaming. Infinity Ward’s community relations manager expressed his amazement in a blog entitled They Wonder Why People Don’t Make PC Games Any More. To read the story in full, head …

Nintendo of America has outlined its release plans for the next six months in North America, and amongst the named titles are a number of big-hitting games. First-party highlights from the Wii release schedule include current European release Endless Ocean on Jan 21st, Super Smash Bros Brawl on March 9th, …

Game developer Goichi Suda, the man behind GameCube and PS2 cult classic Killer 7 and upcoming Wii curiosity No More Heroes, has said that Nintendo are the only company making any money out of the Wii. Upon its release in Japan, No More Heroes generated quite a lot of attention …

Whilst European Wii owners are still waiting to hear when Nintendo’s highly anticipated multiplayer thump-a-thon will arrive on these fair shores, US owners are facing a further delay. Having originally been lined up for an early February release, US gamers can now expect the game to be released on March …

One of Nintendo’s biggest cash-cows is to return to DS with a brad new instalment in March when Pokemon Ranger Batonnage arrives in Japan, IGN reports. A follow up to last year’s Pokemon Ranger, Batonnage will once again allow players to control a Ranger who captures those troublesome Pokemon by …

Come to a sprawling Moscow and step back in time. To a land where independent games retailers are still the most powerful High Street force. Where everyone in the games business is still under 40, and barely 30. Even the bosses. And to a land where computer games rule. That’s …

Sega has outlined its marketing campaign for upcoming action-shooter The Club – and both specialist games and men’s press are set to be blitzed as part of the promotion. The publisher will have demos of the title and double-page adverts featured in Official Xbox 360, Official PlayStation and GamesMaster magazines. …

The Writers Guild of America has reveleaed the nominations for its inaugural videogame writing award. Five games are in the running for a prize designed to "[honour] outstanding achievement in videogame writing during 2007". As seems to be a common theme this morning, head over to the quite wonderful Develop …

Newer developer-focused publisher Gamecock has announced that it is moving its games showcase from E3 to run alongside culture and technology event SXSW. MCV sister-site Develop has the full-down.