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Devil May Cry 4 has sold two million copies worldwide, making it the fastest selling instalment in the series. The publisher claims that its decision to take the game multi-format was the reason for its success. Devil May Cry was previously a Playstation exclusive series. The Devil May Cry franchise …
Read More »Viacom to take games to next level
Viacom’s Nickelodeon division has pledged to take its games business to ‘the next level’ this year following a new partnership with Take 2’s casual 2K Play label. The company has signed a three-year worldwide deal with the publisher – an extension of a current agreement between the two firms – …
Read More »HD-DVD dead as Toshiba confirms format war exit
Toshiba has announced that it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD-DVD players and recorders – leaving the way clear for Blu-Ray to become the dominant high definition DVD format. The firm will cease shipments of HD-DVD players and recorders into retail by the end of March. It also …
Read More »Bill Gates unveils free development tools for students
Microsoft DreamSpark provides Visual Studio and XNA bundle at no charge
Read More »Stainless and Mind Control signed for Magic The Gathering games
GDC08: Wizards of the Coast chooses UK and US independents for PC, Mac and XBLA titles
Read More »Microsoft unveils XNA Live Arcade extensions
GDC08: Leaderboards and Achievements lead private developer XNA additions
Read More »EA unveils Red Alert 3
EA has announced Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 for Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 The game is to be developed by EA Los Angeles who promise a fully co-operative campaign, and light-hearted action-orientated gameplay. It’s been too long.” said Chris Corry, executive producer at EALA. Fans have been …
Read More »The next next-gen predicted for 2010
Though all three format holders have been keen to talk up the lengthening of console life cycles, Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson has predicted that 2010 will see a host of new machines arrive in the market place. As an aside in a report about EA, GameSpot quotes Wilson …
Read More »Torque Wii gets upgrade
Version 1.5 adds Torque Game Builder functionality
Read More »Rockstar denies GTA IV multiplayer claims
Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s supposed revelation that the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV will be the only one to support online multiplayer, Rockstar has moved to deny the news. A spokesperson for the publisher told MCV: As we’ve said previously, both the Xbox 360 and …
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