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Nikitova reveals more about its first titles.

According to Jeff Strain, co-founder or Guild Wars developer ArenaNet, basing an MMO on an existing film, TV or book franchise won't lead to success in the genre.

In a packed GCDC session today, four of the industry’s leading online game developers discussed the prospect of Life After World of Warcraft - and all agreed that there's a lot more to come for the genre.

UK-based developer Sumo Digital has been bought by Foundation 9 Entertainment, joining a host of other studios including Shiny, Pipeworks and Digital Eclipse.

Although Microsoft has decided against holding its annual X07 event in Europe this year, it's been reported that it will still be going ahead in Canada.

The top-performing Xbox Live Arcade games have been revealed in a talk at GameFest by platform manager Mark Coates

Peter Molyneux, head of development studio Lionhead, has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that he thinks that mobile games at the moment are, on the whole, "clunky."

Peter Molyneux and co-founders talk about the challenges of the past decade

Following Majesco's announcement yesterday that it was to publish Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends in North America, analyst Todd Greenwald has reiterated his buy stock recommendation.

Sierra Entertainment has signed a deal with Twentieth Century Fox allowing it to publish a game for the PlayStation Portable, based on the Aliens/Predator film which will be screening in the UK from Christmas Day this year.

D3Publisher has enlisted the development talents of Czech Republic studio Illusion Softworks to put together an original next-generation game, due for release in the last few months of 2008.

Electronic Arts has defended the performance of the PlayStation 3 version of its forthcoming Madden NFL 08 game.

Wideload, the team behind Hail to the Chimp, is adding a new splinter studio called Shorts to work on shorter games that are easier for people with less time to get to grips with.

The keynote speaker for next month's Virtual Worlds Conference has been confirmed as Anthony Zuiker, the creator and executive producer of the CSI television series.

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment is expanding its publishing operation across Europe, with a push in direct distribution, sales and marketing.

The chair of the IGDA Education SIG, Susan Gold, will be giving advice on landing a games industry job at the GC Asia Conference.

Transformers: The Game was top of the UK all formats chart for a second week, according to the latest sales information from Chart-Track.

Nikitova LLC, until now better known for outsourcing artists and programmers to other developers, has launched a games division of its own.

The development services company is adding a new string to its bow - its own games

ITM Creatives has launched its own <a type="ext" href=" http://www.itmcreatives.com">website</a> to make using its talent search facilities easier.

Commodore Gaming and Play.com have entered into an agreement that will see the Jersey-based online retailer be the first to sell the CommodoreG gaming PC.

The complete schedule for the Penny Arcade Expo, taking place in Seattle from August 24 - 26, has been released.

According to a report on Beyond3D, Sony's PlayStation Portable loses a third of its processing power when the WiFi adapter is enabled.

Infogrames Entertainment has posted first fiscal quarter results showing strong revenues; the share price rose by 4.8 per cent following the announcement.

Irrational Games, the company developing much-anticipated action title BioShock, has renamed its offices in-line with the branding of its parent company, Take-Two Interactive Software.