News Best Buy Europe announces new CEO Ex-Tesco senior exec Scott Wheway to lead the retailer's European business July 29, 2009 Kath Brice
News University of Wolverhampton joins PSP development programme New link will give students access to Sony portable's professional dev tools July 29, 2009 Kath Brice
News DreamWorks to negotiate new videogame licensing deal Existing Activision contract will be replaced in 2011, says exec July 29, 2009 Kath Brice
News China bans online mafia games Ministry of Culture concerned they "glorify gang life" and "undermine morality" July 29, 2009 Kath Brice
News Farrell: Natal will arrive late next year THQ boss reveals Natal release date during Q1 earnings call; also predicts hardware price cuts July 29, 2009 Kath Brice
News Develop conference moves to Liverpool for first time Largest annual UK development event to move up north in November July 28, 2009 Kath Brice
News GCA to host first ever DICE Summit Asia Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games confirmed as speaker at new Asia-Pacific industry event July 28, 2009 Kath Brice
News Dragon Quest IX sales top 3 million Update: Game breaks record for the highest week one sales in Japan across all formats July 28, 2009 Kath Brice
News Braben: "The word 'game' is an albatross" They're complex fantasy worlds, which need to be more interactive, says Frontier boss July 28, 2009 Kath Brice
News Robot Entertainment selects Trinigy's Vision Engine for new IP Ex Halo Wars developer signs licensing deal with Trinigy to create multi-platform title July 28, 2009 Kath Brice
News David Cage to keynote GDC Europe Quantic Dream founder and director to discuss emotion in games and writing for mature audiences July 28, 2009 Kath Brice
News Jackson's Wingnut studio still working on original properties Halo Chronicles canned by Microsoft as part of budget cuts; but studio that was creating it is still operating July 28, 2009 Kath Brice
News THQ prevails in WWE arbitration with Jakks Pacific Company awarded a 40 per cent royalty rate drop; one-off benefit of USD 23 million reported July 27, 2009 Kath Brice
News Ghostbusters gets multiformat release in Europe Former Sony-only exclusive will be released across PAL regions in October July 27, 2009 Kath Brice
News Amazon blames profit drop on games "slowdown" Online retailer's profits fall ten per cent; poor games performance contributes July 27, 2009 Kath Brice
News Wii Sports Resort finishes first in UK software chart Nintendo MotionPlus game records fourth best week one sales for a Wii game to date July 27, 2009 Kath Brice
News Ex-Cake Group director launches new PR agency Boom! to offer consultancy and creative solutions to videogame businesses July 27, 2009 Kath Brice
News Bungie: Publishing deal for new non-Halo game is "close" Publisher for the studio's new IP to be announced shortly July 27, 2009 Kath Brice
News EA to release at least two more Dead Space games Director is also signed by EA to head up a film adaptation of the survival horror series July 27, 2009 Kath Brice
News MySpace to be transformed into online videogaming portal News Corp believes games could revive the popularity of its social networking site July 27, 2009 Kath Brice
News Digital delivery is "win-win" for devs and consumers - Brown But pricing needs to be realistic, says the Team 17 boss; "It is possible to make good profit without screwing the consumer" July 27, 2009 Kath Brice
News Kazuo Hirai to keynote Tokyo Game Show Sony Computer Entertainment CEO to discuss 'New Tactics for 2009' July 24, 2009 Kath Brice
News 24 companies to form Nordic Game booth at Gamescom Amazing Games, Unity 3D and more confirmed for attendance at this year's show July 24, 2009 Kath Brice
News Zemi Interactive partners with Gameforge for 4Story release Gameforge deal will make the free MMORPG available across North America July 24, 2009 Kath Brice
News GDC Europe early registration coming to a close Delegates have until July 29 to claim early registration discount benefits July 24, 2009 Kath Brice