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Rockstar Games has announced that its hotly-watched Grand Theft Auto IV has been delayed until 2008. The game, developed by Edinburgh’s Rockstar North, was due to be released this October. Now, "due to additional development time required to complete the title", the game will not appear until February 2008 at …

So why quit a big job running several territories for EA? What appealed to you about Activision? We have a tremendous opportunity. The company is stronger than ever and with stronger European appeal than ever. Things like Guitar Hero having localised content and the deal last year for James Bond …

After much mmming and ahhing , Halo 3 developer Bungie has finally confirmed that its upcoming Xbox 360 FPS will indeed offer co-operative play in its campaign mode. Up to four gamers will be able to hook up over Xbox Live, or alternatively, two machines hosting split-screen play will be …

Though it has insisted that it doesn’t intend to gain control” of the Atari owning French publisher Infogrames, investment firm BlueBay Value Recovery Fund has grown its stake of the company to 22.5 per cent. As well as its increased ownership, which includes 288,627,392 shares, the firm has also upped …

CVG reports that Sony Japan has confirmed that a massive 1000 cars are set to appear in the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 – though it has also been suggested that only 340 of those will come bundled on the Blu-Ray disc. The rest of the content will be accessible via …

Whilst nearly every triple-A PC release is linked with a console port at some stage, some substance has been thrown behind the rumour that upcoming PC FPS Crysis will make the move to 360 and PS3 thanks to develop Crytek’s CEO. CVG reports than in the latest issue of PC …

Africa very much seems to be the flavour of the month at the moment – first it was Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 making the trip south of Equator, and now it seems Ubisoft is taking its popular FPS franchise in the same direction. CVG reports that as well as ditching …

Sony’s mantra that ‘only Blu-Ray provides the storage needed for next-gen gaming’ may be the fanboys’ weapon of choice on countless internet forums, but Project Gotham Racing 4 developer Bizarre Creations has admitted that it has had to cut features in its upcoming racer due to the limited size of …

Konami’s first quarter financial results, for the three months ending June 30th, have seen net revenue hit $509 million, a rise of 5.2 per cent, and net income hit $32.5 million, an increase of 82.2 per cent compared to the same period last year. In isolation, Konami’s Digital Entertainment Division …

A company named Parallel Processing claims that Sony’s much touted PS3 processor, the Cell, infringes one of its existing patents, and is demanding the impounding and destruction” of Sony’s entire chip stockpile. Next-Gen reports that a lawsuit filed on July 26th claims that a patent called Synchronized Parallel Processing with …