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Ian Livingstone: "Government needs to invest ... or suffer the consequences".
Eidos' Ken Livingstone has called for the government to invest in the declining UK games development industry or "suffer the consequences", as UK becomes "the most expensive country in the world in which to develop."
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Former Xbox figurehead has a new role.
Now that Microsoft's Zune project has a new corporate VP, former Xbox figurehead J Allard has a fresh title: CXO (and no, the "X" doesn't stand for "Xbox," or even "Xtreme").
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Lawyers shocked by how few people have claimed for compensation...
The lawyers behind the Grand Theft Auto Hot Coffee lawsuit say they are shocked by how few people have claimed for compensation over the game's hidden sexual content.
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Proposal still significantly undervalues Take-Two," says boss Strauss Zelnick.
Take-Two has released an official response to EA's fourth extension of its offer to snap up Take-Two's shares saying, yet again, that it's just not enough cash.
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Going public was "self-centred" says Tecmo in official response.
Tecmo has defended its position in the conundrum over Itagaki's resignation and lawsuit against the company announced yesterday.
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Warhammer dev predicts Nintendo will pioneer the first console-centric MMO.
The MMO genre has never really taken off on consoles in the same way as on PC. It's a puzzle for developers, but if anyone can figure it out, Nintendo can, says EA Mythic creative director, Paul Barnett.
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Family-friendly classification system to be introduced.
UK electrical retailer Currys is planning to introduce its own videogame ratings in a bid to make the classification system more family-friendly.
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Games industry has two years to create and adopt a 'code of conduct' that better protects children.
The European Union has given the videogame industry two years to develop and adopt a 'code of conduct' that better protects minors.
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Script writer Tom Jubert says game plots have an awful long way to go. Still...
Videogame script writer Tom Jubert has drawn a parallel between the state of videogame storylines and cinema and reckons game plot is still in the black and white era.
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...by some lads with crazy homebrew skills.
The word on the web today is that the Megadrive - which has been a deceased format for many years now - will be getting a brand new game release later this year.
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Ex-Clover boss Atsushi Inaba highlights the problems small devs face with the current consoles.
Choosing a console to develop for in the current generation is a tough decision it seems, as ex-Clover boss and Okami producer Atsushi Inaba points out the issues with all three platforms.
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MS "winding down" work on 360 BC updates, reveals 360 marketing manager.
If your favourite original Xbox game still doesn't work on 360, it seems the chances are it's never going to, as Microsoft admits it's "winding down" work on backwards compatibility patches.
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Feature: Uncharted territory...
Is it December already? Sony looks like it's beginning to get its act together. While third party games are generally still coming out a few weeks after those on Xbox 360 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is definitely a game worth getting excited about.
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Only in Brazil. But we want one...
If you're a total Sega fanboy, which it's cool to be nowadays, you might want this - a portable Megadrive console, which is on its way to Brazilian shops next month.
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MS warns of known issues in Xbox Original games coming to XBL.
Yesterday's big news was of the next big 360 dashboard update seeing the launch of original Xbox games as downloads on Xbox Live, but out of the seven initial games announced for the service, five have known problems running on the new hardware.
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Assassin's Creed will score over 90; multi-platform development is fine-tuned; and Ubisoft will achieve "Nintendo-like" quality on Wii next year.
Yves Guillemot, CEO of Paris, France-based Ubisoft, delivered a fascinating presentation during BMO Capital Markets' Annual Interactive Entertainment Conference in New York City on Tuesday.
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Special arrangement from Bungie's sequel to be performed live by Philharmonia Orchestra in London.
A special musical arrangement from Halo 3 that's been composed by Bungie's Marty O'Donnell is to form part of the Video Games Live concert taking place on October 22.
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Feature: Quick - book time off work!.
Woohoo! Bring out the party poppers and take the telephone off the hook and book a week off work!. After a few weeks of abject - how shall we put it? - dog dollop we're now blessed with one of the best games of the year. Nay, of all time. Yes, Bioshock has reached CVG towers and we've been exploring its watery depths for the last few days and it's a cracker. But there are also one or two other decent titles available, which essentially heralds in the Q3 rush to Christmas.
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FIFA, Madden, Fight Night, and Burnout servers switched off from September.
If you never see the point of buying every yearly update of EA's sports titles, EA's about to give you one: from September 1 it will begin shutting down the online servers for most of its 2006-edition sports titles.
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Xbox first platform to officially sign up for PEGI Online.
In an effort to protect the younger gaming audience in the world of online gaming, Microsoft has signed the Xbox platform up to PEGI Online.
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UK games mag Edge puts Link at the top of its '100 best games ever' list.
Readers of the highly-respected Edge magazine in UK have voted Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as the best game in the world ever.
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Blizzard lead designer says he still believes "in that game and the characters".
Blizzard has revealed it hopes to return to its sci-fi stealth-shooter StarCraft: Ghost, which it put on indefinite hold back in March 2006.
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Feature: Summer's hotting up.
By now you're used to us moaning about the fallow summer period, but the scary thing is, it's only just starting. Stay focussed and look on the positive side. As we've said before publishers often use this period to sneak out the odd triple-A title in the hope it will clean up due to the lack of competition. And while total sales are always more important than kudos a publisher knows that it has far greater chance of getting a ChartTrack number one now than at any other time of the year.
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Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47 - are you convinced?.
What are purported to be photos snapped on the set of the movie adaptation of Eidos' Hitman series have leaked onto the internet.
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Feature: It could be worse, like last week.
With the exception of multiplatform extravaganza Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End it's a bit of a drought this week on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. So it's advantage Nintendo with both Mario Strikers Charged Football and Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales as first-party highlights. Indeed, Nintendo is less afraid than any other company of releasing games between May and August, mainly because many of their games have a summery feel and they can count upon such a loyal fanbase, which always helps.
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Feature: Hold on to your handhelds.
Okay, let's start the week on a very positive note: a little gem called Picross is about to be released on DS by Nintendo. You may have vaguely heard of this title before but the sad thing is that while the Japanese have been enjoying the logic/puzzle formula for decades we've only ever had one Picross release in the west, in the form of Mario Picross back in 1995. So we're super glad the latest and best iteration is coming our way this week.
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Hang 'em High and Derelict remakes now up for purchase.
Bungie has released the promised two new multiplayer maps for Halo 2's still stupidly-popular multiplayer mode, though it'll cost you a couple of quid to get your hands on them.
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Halo 3, developing on PS3 and the best year of Xbox.
Following up the first part of our chat with Microsoft Development Group boss Chris Satchell (and the exec we'd really like to take down the pub), is this even more exciting second part which you can now find below.
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Consoles and online games to become the new 'cool' targets for hackers, say experts.
Hackers and their malicious code-cracking antics have run riot on PCs for years, but experts predict videogames consoles and online games will come under increasing fire this year.
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Microsoft's developer group boss talks to CVG about user-generated content, PlayStation Home and all things Xbox.
Chris Satchell, CVG best mate and general manager of Microsoft Developer Group is one of many charismatic Englishmen behind the Xbox development machine, but above that he's easily the one we'd most like to take down the pub.
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To work on both Xbox and Xbox 360.
Two new multiplayer maps, set to be released by Bungie on April 17, have been revealed and will serve as a special treat for fans of the original Halo.
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Feature: What's that coming over the hill?.
Is it a console?
Yes, we've been complaining about the lack of games over the last few weeks but there's absolutely nothing to bitch about come March 23rd.
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Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 storms the top of the charts.
Ubisoft's tactical shooter, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, has flown straight into the top of the charts, ending Final Fantasy XII's two-week reign of supremacy.
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Feature: Things are picking up...
A great week if you're a Nintendo fan with three excellent games coming your way in Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All on DS and SSX Blur and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 on Wii.
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Epic's shooter scoops three awards including Best Game. Okami and Wii Sports nab two awards each.
Epic's Gears of War was won three categories including Best Game in the seventh annual Game Developers Choice Awards, closely followed by Wii Sports and Okami, which have won two awards each.
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Dev supremo says stories are key to reaching non-gamers and developers should let players off the rails.
Deus Ex creator Warren Spector believes improvement in design and delivery of game narrative and story is vital to the future of the videogame industry, and necessary to pull in a much-needed new wave of games players.
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Which Sega game or character would you like to see return?.
Sega is running a poll on its website asking what game or character would you most like to see return.
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