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June 2008

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19th June, 2008

Godfather author's estate sues over videogame revenue

Published at 04:38PM

The estate of Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, has sued Paramount for $1 million in revenues from the videogames

Ubisoft launches Play Zone label

Published at 04:01PM

Sports Party will be first game released under new label covering Wii-exclusive "party" titles

TIGA: Improvements in UK education as important as diversity

Published at 03:28PM

CEO Wilson says improvements in the UK's education system are as equally crucial as greater workforce diversity

Take-Two reaches agreement with FTC

Published at 02:43PM

The FTC limits the scope of information the company needs to provide in connection with the EA acquisition attempt

BioShock team to keynote Develop

Published at 01:11PM

Ken Levine to be joined by Chris Kline, Nate Wells and Bill Gardner

Neil Young leaves EA

Published at 12:48PM

Blueprint boss leaves the publisher to "manage his own company"

Games could become "little more than a marketing tool"

Published at 11:11AM

The videogames industry should stop following the film industry, or risk repeating its mistakes, says producer Eckert.

LucasArts: No new titles at E3

Published at 10:50AM

"Too much noise surrounding the show," says company spokesperson - UPDATED

Metal Gear Solid 4 smashes Japanese chart

Published at 10:01AM

Sells more than 12-times its closest competitor

Spore sees over 250,000 creatures created in a day

Published at 08:46AM

Maxis thanks community "creativity and passion"

Transparency built trust, says Media Molecule co-founder

Published at 07:00AM

Evans says transparency in the LittleBigPlanet development process better equipped Sony to evangelise

GDAA CEO Gregory Bondar resigns

Published at 05:11AM

Game Developers' Association of Australia leader resigns in order to pursue other opportunities

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