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Outspoken Activision publishing boss Bobby Kotick has in an interview with Edge magazine launched a scathing assault on rival EA, blasting the way it treats owned developers and claiming that no-one actually wants to work for the company. The core principle of how we run the company is the exact …

A chat with MD and technical director Stu Aitken about what Axis is up to, and the future of animation...

Tim Chaney talks Zattikka's recent cash injection and future plans

The reliance of traditional publishers on bricks and mortar business has left them powerless to fend off the advances of the growing advances of the social and browser game sector, according to Zattikka CEO Tim Chaney. They can’t do so much; they are bricks and mortar businesses that need retail,” …

Today is arguably the most important day in the video games industry’s annual calendar – LA’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. Over the course of the next 48 hours all three platform holders will take to the E3 stage to outline why they think they have a winning proposition for the year …

Publisher EA has conceded that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 won’t outsell its direct rival Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 this time out – but its believes the foundations have been laid for future success. The company spoke quite openly about its aspirations for the title upon its release earlier …

The two men at the heart of the controversial sacking from Infinity Ward and signing with EA have spoken out about their decision to side with Activision’s biggest rival. The situation was kind of forced on us, so once that happened the next day we were flooded with calls and …

Doubling Capcom’s market share in the next four to five years – that’s the lofty goal new Capcom Europe COO David Reeves has set himself ahead of the first day in his new job tomorrow. In addition, Reeves has stated that he will be drastically increasing Capcom’s focus on post-release …

We’re all too used to developers bemoaning the conditions under which publishing partnerships are formed, but Gearbox chief Randy Pitchford has bucked the trend by literally saying he’d rather die than worry about the logistics of games retail. Publishers are a blessing to me,” Pitchford told MCV in an interview …

Though the arrival of the pink DS did wonders to widen the market reach of the popular handheld, Nintendo has said that the colour is also a popular option amongst its male demographic. With this new colour it is definitely about the girls – although that’s not to say that …