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Activision Publishing’s chief operating officer Thomas Tippl has promised that developer Treyarch will push the next Call of Duty’s quality beyond that seen in previous iterations of the series. The statement comes in the build up to this evening’s official unveiling of details of the game’s content and setting. Tomorrow …

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has detailed a restructuring of its its sales teams. In a move that will ‘bring closer alignment to the sales and supply chain teams within the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group’, the publisher has made two key promotions. Kevin Kebodeaux will lead the new sales organisation …

Best Buy’s arrival in the UK comes at an ideal moment. The UK’s market value is in the gutter – albeit temporarily – driven down by a mix of a weak release schedule, post-recession caution, a lack of new hardware and the distraction of an election. Games’ heartland UK retailer …

Realtime World’s MMO APB will hit retailers across Europe on July 2nd, the studio has announced. That’s just a few days after the game hits the US, where it lands on June 29th. The PC game is being distributed by EA and will be into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian …

Microsoft has shelved plans to launch a folding, two-screen touch-screen device, known as Courier. The highly anticipated product has been much discussed in tech blogs and news outlets in recent months. The two-screen tablet was to incorporate touch-screen and pen-based controls. And although Microsoft has never confirmed the existence of …

The games industry will get hands-on time with key games at October’s Eurogamer Expo during a preview that’s closed off to the public. Organisers of the three-day event have also added a special two-hour preview to the show. Eurogamer Expo runs from October 1st to 3rd at Earls Court, but …

A group of former and current Infinity Ward employees have launched a lawsuit for between $75 million and $125 million against the developer’s owner Activision. A story today on G4 details the suit, brought collectively by the ‘Infinity Ward Employee Group’. The suit claims that Activision withheld bonuses and royalties …

THQ has deepened its relationship with TV network Syfy with news of a two-hour Red Faction TV movie, which may act as a pilot for a full series. In a report on Broadcasting & Cable, Alan Seiffert, senior VP of Syfy Ventures, said, "It is a great fit for a …

Action movie kingpin Jerry Bruckheimer believes games and movies will be visually interchangeable within the next decade. Promoting his new games-related movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, he told HeyUGuys, "I really believe in the next ten years you won’t be able to tell the difference between movies …

Mad Catz has signed a five-year deal to provide peripherals for the Rock Band franchise. The agreement grants Mad Catz international rights to create and sell Rock Band controllers for future iterations of MTV and Harmonix’ music game. The deal includes Rock Band 3, due for release at the end …