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Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has candidly revealed the development cost of the publisher’s biggest games – and questioned the megabucks approach of the firm’s rivals. The revelations came in Cousens’ speech at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival this week, in which he made the case for the UK’s strength as a …

EA wants to licence upcoming release Spore for use in movies and TV, the game’s developer Will Wright has stated. "With Spore, we’re looking way outside the game space, such as TV, movies, etc. We’re basically planting the seeds to spread Spore out to a much wider group of people …

Atari Inc has revealed its financials for the quarter ended June 30th 2008, boasting of vastly improved financial performance. Net revenue for the period was $40.3 million, around four times the $10.4 million posted in the same period last year. Publishing net revenue was $36.7 million, versus $9.7 million in …

Sega of America CEO Simon Jeffery has clarified comments made this week over the reported departure of development stalwart Yu Suzuki from the company. Jeffery has now corrected those stories, confirming that Yu Suzuki still holds a senior position at the company. "I can safely say that Yu Suzuki is …

Another major planned Sierra release appears to have gone the way of Ghostbusters – with Activision Blizzard making no mention of a sequel to Scarface: The World Is Yours in its confirmed list of adopted Vivendi titles. According to Variety blog Cut Scene – which claims a ‘high level source’ …

Sony has announced that Freeview PVR device PlayTV will launch on September 19th in the UK for 69.99. According to a post on official Sony site Three Speech, the PS3 device allows ‘recorded content to be transferred to your PSP, or viewed remotely with Remote Play – something we reckon …

Matthew Cushway, Tesco PlayStation 2 still has a key part to play in the gaming market this year . It seems some people forget that for a large number of young families the outlay for a new console is a major decision and is simply not an option in the …

The Sims 2: Double Deluxe has hit the top spot in the US PC charts this week, beating out Nancy Drew, according to the latest NPD data. The full top ten for week ending August 2nd reads: 1. The Sims 2: Double Deluxe – EA 2. Nancy Drew: The Phantom …

NCsoft has posted a net profit for its Q2 in 2008-2009 of $5.9 million – down 42 per cent year-on-year. The company reported operating income of of $7.7 million, down 25 percent on the second quarter in 2007-2008. Sales were up seven per cent to $78.6 million. NCsoft attributed the …

Yesterday’s astonishing attack in The Daily Mail on Sega’s Wii title Madworld has gathered momentum – with both Metro newspaper and The Sun following suit. The Sun today offers a headline of ‘Wii faces killing rap’, under which it references the game as ‘ultra-violent’ – reporting that ‘watchdogs’ had urged …