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In a recent interview with Game Informer magazine, Sony's Phil Harrison took issue with the view that the PlayStation 3 lacks titles demonstrating its superior technology, pointing to Motorstorm, Resistance: Fall of Man and Formula 1 as examples.

This year's guest panelists have been announced for Never Mind the Polygons, a lively panel and game show discussion of development issues held during the Develop conference.

Acclaim Games is partnering with SwiftCD.com to offer physical delivery of Acclaim's multiplayer online games which were previously available only via download.

Officials in Germany have demanded that 2K Games make changes to their game The Darkness before it can be released in their country.

Following up on his report forecasting game advertising to exceed USD 2 billion by 2012, Yuanzhe Cai spoke to <i>GamesIndustry</i> about the potential consumer response to in-game advertising.

According to the Diffusion Group, while 80 per cent of US households own game consoles capable of DVD playback, only 30 per cent were aware of that fact and only 13 per cent of gamers are using them for that purpose.

A report from Parks Associates research and analysis forecasts that game advertising spending in the US will increase from USD 370 million in 2006 to over USB 2 billion by the year 2012.

A new study from the CMP Game Group has determined that there are more than 39,700 professionals developing or publishing games across the US and 8,100 within Canada.

Delivering the keynote at the second day of the Hollywood & Games Summit, Thomas Tull, chairman of Legendary Pictures, discussed the deserved “bad rap” of games based upon movies, and vice-versa.

Addressing the second annual Hollywood and Games Summit, novelist and director Clive Barker weighed in on the question of whether or not videogames are “art.”

On the eve of the Hollywood and Games Summit, GDC executive director Jamil Moledina told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that the film industry can learn from games.

In response to reports that the organization is seeking new oversight to rate game trailers, the ESRB has clarified its position.

Namco Bandai Games America Inc. announced today that Andrew Lelchuk has joined its senior management team in the role of Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Insomniac Games, the company behind Ratchet & Clank and Resistance: Fall of Man has been named to the list of the "50 Best Small & Medium Sized Companies to Work for in America."

Direct2Drive announced an agreement to digitally distribute PC games from software publisher THQ, Inc.

SCEA has confirmed that PSP firmware update 3.5 removes the software restriction capping the CPU speed at 266 MHz.

The New York state Senate and Assembly have reached an agreement on proposed legislation making it a felony to rent or sell videogames with mature themes to minors.

Following bans on the sale of the game in the UK and Ireland, as well as a preliminary Adults Only rating in the US, Take-Two Interactive has temporarily shelved Manhunt 2.

Sony has promised PlayStation 3 owners that at least 145 titles are on the way to the US, which includes approximately 40 PSN titles and more than 105 boxed games.

MTV Networks' Entertainment Group announced that they have promoted Jon Slusser to the position of senior vice president, Spike digital and video games.

<i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> has received confirmation from Sony that Manhunt 2 won't be appearing on the PSP or PS2 in the US following the ESRB's decision to give the game an AO rating.

Sony has announced that they will release PS3 consoles bundled with a copy of Hot Shots Golf 5 in Japan this summer.

Following the BBFC's ban for the UK, and the ESRB's Adults Only rating for the US, Manhunt 2 has been similarly banned from sale in Ireland.

In a prepared statement, Take-Two acknowledged that the ESRB has issued a preliminary rating of AO (Adults Only) for its upcoming PlayStation 2 and Wii title Manhunt 2.