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A hero of British publishing and development for the past four decades, Ian Livingstone finds himself at the centre of Square Enix’s ‘new’ Eidos. Tim Ingham catches up with Lara Croft’s right-hand man…Can you give us a general impression of how the Square UK ‘merger’ has gone – and how …

So it’s with wide arms that we welcome Alworths to the retail fold. It’s not been an easy ride for Andy Latham’s new chain. One of the original architects, Tony Page, left the project early on, while Shop Direct – owner of Woolworths.co.uk – is threatening legal action over the …

12 months later and the story is a little different. Budgets are tighter, the release schedule is lighter and advertising costs have fallen. 97 million is still a mighty big number, but a 30 per cent year-on-year drop shows what a tough year it has been, and how scrutinised spending …

Essex distributor Gem has purchased Trilogy’s IP and assets following the Northampton firm’s fall into administration – saving 40 jobs in the process. As part of the deal, Gem picked up Trilogy’s brands – including Trilogy Logistics and indie label Trilogyi – as well as its main office and distribution …

German publisher CDV has won its High Court battle against SouthPeak – over a claim that the firm failed to supply it four games from subsidiary Gamecock early enough for a Christmas 2008 release. CDV and Gamecock entered into a distribution agreement in early 2008 for seven Gamecock titles, including …

EA boss John Riccitiello has admitted that the firm’s plan to cut its new boxed product release slate will mean fewer employees are necessary in its publishing offices. His comments come after EA announced a round of 1,500 job cuts following its Q2 results last month. 500 of those are …

An enterprising US company has invented a collection of video games that even a baby can play. Kneebouncers allows gamers to play by simply hitting a pc keyboard – and was the brainchild of Jim Robinson (no relation to the fictional Neighbours legend, MCV understands). Kotaku reports that most of …

The Times has named its top 50 modern-day games in today’s paper. Sensibly shunning an ordering system to organise the titles into two categories – ‘Games For Adults’ and ‘Games For All The Family’ – the paper’s Christmas list includes some established modern classics, as well as a few esoteric …

Rockstar has dated the release of its much-anticipated Western action shooter Red Dead Redemption. As expected, the title will arrive in April – on the 27th in North America and the 30th internationally. This is our vision of the American West: beautiful, bloody and action-packed. The game is a true …

It’s been a tough year for the Japanese games market. Sales are down and the country’s successful development sector is falling behind its Western rivals. Christopher Dring takes a closer look… Long seen as the home of the video games industry, Japan has hit troubled times over recent years. Software …