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VP Jamie MacDonald joined by SingStar guru Paulina Bozek and Home director Peter Edward
Read More »Microsoft to webcast Gamefest sessions
Chris Satchell keynote and first day XNA sessions to be available for free
Read More »Competitions Commission to investigate GAME
Following GAME’s acquisition of rival UK High Street games retailer Gamestation in May, the Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is to refer the buyout to the Competitions Commission. John Fingleton, chief executive of the OFT, stated: This merger involves the loss of competition between two parties who, …
Read More »Codies adds new Surrey studio
Codemasters has opened a new UK development studio. Joining the publisher’s existing operations in Southam and Kuala Lumpur, Codemasters Studios Guildford is headed up by Adrian Bolton who was previously development director for EA Criterion. Bolton will report to Gavin Cheshire, VP of Codemasters Studios. The studio will initially target …
Read More »Salvaged Fopp stores snub games
HMV has ruled out any plans to introduce games to its Fopp stores after purchasing the brand name and six of the chain’s most profitable outlets from administrators. Fopp was forced to close on July 31st after credit problems, which were exacerbated by the acquisition of doomed retail chain Music …
Read More »New NVIDIA server breaks visual records
SIGGRAPH: Four GPU machine designed for offline graphical tasks
Read More »We want a PS3 price drop
While US and Japanese gamers continue to snap up PS3 hardware for as much as 150 cheaper than UK consumers, several leading industry execs have criticised the console’s controversial 425 price tag. Duncan Cross, head of games at supermarket giant Asda, strongly believes that the Sony console needs a helping …
Read More »Sierra gets The Spiderwick Chronicles license
Sierra Entertainment, an arm of Vivendi Games, will release The Spiderwick Chronicles – a title based on the series of books and upcoming film of the same name. The plot follows twin brothers Jared and Simon and their sister Mallory Grace – all of which will have distinct abilities during …
Read More »Eidos boss blasts UK Government
Eidos chief executive Jane Cavanagh OBE has hit out at the Government for starving UK video games studios of funds – and said that the industry is not being taken seriously” at the highest level. The Britsoft firm announced its decision to open a giant new Montreal-based studio in February …
Read More »Codemasters expands to Guildford
UK publisher opens studio in South Eastâ??s well known development talent base as ramp up for new projects continues
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