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There were more Brits there than ever this time, and we must surely hail the organisation, facilities and affordability of this dark horse that seems to have comfortably seen off anything else that northern Europe can muster, whilst IDEF in Cannes looks to grab the southern territories. Is there room …

Electronic Arts looks set to go head-to-head with the likes of Resident Evil and Silent Hill with Dead Space – the mega-publisher’s first ever survival horror title. Details of the game have been unveiled by the website of Game Informer magazine. The publication reports: ‘Fans of the cult-classic film Event …

Meredith (Pictured with Ron Scott) joins Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment as vice president of sales and distribution for Europe, and will oversee the games publishing business, covering sales and trade marketing for WBIE across all European markets. He will report to senior vice president of worldwide sales and distribution, Ron …

Following months of speculation, Nintendo’s US based senior vice president of marketing and corporate communication has confirmed that he will be leaving the format holder in December. The initial rumours that Harrison and other top execs would leave the firm emerged In June, when the decision was made to move …

Too Human developer claims Unreal Engine 3 maker has 'done much wrong'

Gamers are in with a chance of grabbing a slice of a 10,000 prize in XLeague.TV’s new Halo 3 tournament. The league competition will kick off on the day of the title’s European release – September 26th. Consumers wishing to enter can sign up on the XLeague website. The whole …

Nintendo has unveiled a new version of its mega-selling handheld, as it looks to build on its record-breaking success. Set to launch on October 12th, the 99 SKU will arrive one week ahead of triple-A release The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, adding to the white, black and pink consoles …

Following numerous forum reports that Xbox live users have been targeted by phishing scams – fraudulent activity intended to illegally gain usernames, passwords and credit card details – Microsoft has confirmed the threat and stated that it has taken action to help protect our subscribers’ accounts.” The scams take the …

Trepidation” would accurately describe my state of mind as I prepared to head out to the Games Convention in Leipzig. The town’s charms are conspicuously lacking (unless you’re mad-keen on Absinthe), and I was booked into a hotel (which turned out to resemble a Gothic Travel Tavern, although even Alan …

Develop reports that the much-rumoured closure of FASA Studio, one of Microsoft’s first-party studios, has been confirmed Whispers of the studio’s demise had been circulating since shortly before the release of Shadowrun, a game panned by critics for being a full-price game without a singleplayer component. Fans of the Shadowrun …