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Though his gory, explicit and thoughtful directing style would produce some fascinating results in the gaming space, it looks as if Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds director Quentin Tarantino is unlikely to be the next big Hollywood name to try his luck at making a game. In recent times top-level …

A new study by the World Health Organisation has named video games as one of the major drivers behind the growing global challenge that is childhood obesity. The report says that one third of kids across the world are now classified as obese, blaming what is describes as a sedentary …

Alistair Darling’s Budget was a landmark moment for the games industry – but UK studios most show they are worth the 90m invested in them. That’s the message from industry bosses who say the UK has to promote itself as a global force in order to beef up its studios …

Though many think that cloud gaming could be the dominant force in the next generation of gaming, one analyst has predicted that the failure of services such as OnLive to embrace modern gaming trends could leave them floundering. What OnLive will not do, at least not at this point, is …

Early numbers from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain claim that the Japanese market suffered a slight annual decline for the fiscal year ending March 31st. However, the dip was lower than expected at just 0.6 per cent, with the total market value hitting YEN 549,060m. A sharp 6.6 per cent decline in …

American porn actress Belladonna has said that she’d like to do some video game themed work, adding that gaming has already made an appearance in some of her films. I’d love to dress up as my Priest on World of Warcraft and do a scene like that,” she told Original …

The big games of February may have belonged to Sega, Ubisoft and Take-Two, but it was EA that emerged as the biggest publisher last month. The publisher’s vast back catalogue drove sales, with FIFA 10, Mass Effect 2 and Dante’s Inferno the key products. Sega was the highest riser in …

A new site that offers gamers the chance to pay for private video links to gamers of the opposite sex has been forced to temporarily close its beta due to an unexpectedly high level of demand. GameCrush allows gamers to link up to fellow gamers of the opposite sex by …

Content production company Studio Liddell has confirmed that it has a hand in the production of three new titles for the iPhone and Wii based on popular children’s properties Roary the Racing Car and Fifa and the Flowertots. Roary and Fifi are fantastic properties with huge potential for multi-platform,” Studio …

Though it insists that its half-year financials (which are due to be published on May 20th) should meet its previously published expectations, Future has issued a cautious pre-close trading update. Games, which comprises 30 per cent of group revenue, continues to experience a very tough market and difficult comparatives,” a …