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Judge Dismisses Zombie Lawsuit

Court determines that Dead Rising game does not infringe on Dawn of the Dead movie.
- Capcom
- Lawsuit
- Movies
Majesco Defends Cooking Mama from Activists

Publisher dishes out response to PETA.
- Majesco
Midway: Wheelman Has "Enormous Sales Potential"

Struggling publisher expects Vin Diesel's title to be a hit.
- Midway
- Movies
- Wheelman
MI6 Conference Dates

Growing game marketing meet-up scheduled for April.
- Events
- Marketing
- MI6
Study Claims PC Market is the Largest

JPR research suggests that in the last three years over 196m "gaming PC units" were shipped worldwide.
- Market Research
- PC
EA Closes Blueprint Arm

Mysterious division of EA was set up to work on original IP.
- EA
- Layoffs
Sony Movies Vanish From 360's Netflix Service

Columbia Pictures' content no longer available on the 360. Discovered to be a licensing issue.
- 360
- Netflix
- Sony
Fils-Aime: Third Parties Don’t “Get it”

Nintendo executive explains why the Wii has a shortage of compelling third-party software.
Sony: PS3 Has 14m Active PSN Accounts

273m pieces of content downloaded, says marketing director.
- PS3
- PSN
- Sony
Koei, Tecmo Formalize Merger

Tecmo Koei Holdings will unite the two companies next April.
- Koei
- Mergers
- Tecmo
Report: Brash Sued by Developers

Allegedly shuttered publisher taken to court for its non-paying ways.
Mad Catz Has Record Quarter

Economic slowdown or no, people still need their plastic guitars.
Crytek Moves into Seoul

Crysis creators found a new branch in South Korea.
- Crytek
- Korea
- Middleware
Good Old Games Gets Unreal

New deal with Epic games makes classic shooters available DRM-free.
National Geographic Opens Game Division

Nat Geo-branded educational titles are on the way to all major platforms.
PETA Releases Mama Kills

Parody condemns Cooking Mama for its overuse of meat dishes.
Ensemble: Microsoft's Closure Doesn't Make Sense

Studio talks about where the team is heading, its initial plans for Halo wars and why Microsoft has made a mistake.

New Features

Square Enix Takes LostWinds to Japan

Frontier’s MD David Walsh tells Edge why Square Enix is “vital” for cracking the Japanese market.
Recession Could Sting Mainstream Platforms

Senior games analyst tells Edge that mainstream platforms are more likely to be impacted by Japan’s recession.
- DS
- PS3
- Wii
State of the Shoot ‘Em Up

Edge goes to Japan to report on how a passionate few are fighting the odds to keep a venerable genre alive.
- Arcade
- History
- Shooters
Before There Was Guitar Hero...
Will Games Dominate Hollywood?
Capcom: No Street Fighter IV for U.S. Arcades
Online Execs Talk Death of Consoles
Nintendo "Leaving Inventor Out in the Cold"

From Edge Magazine

Review: MotorStorm Pacific Rift

Refinement is the order of the day for Evolution’s big sequel, but is that big enough for 2008’s racing world?
Skate 2: Build Your Own Park

The sequel to Skate will let you do more on the board, but maybe more important is what you can do off it.
Review: Line Rider 2

Can a freeware YouTube sensation survive a transition to the Nintendo DS? We find out.

Today's Top New Jobs

Keynotes: Industry People

Who is The Real Lara Croft?

Tomb Raider Underworld producer Eric Lindstrom talks about Lara Croft’s essential personality traits, and why they’ve helped her survive all these years.
The Ethics of Persuasive Games

The question before us today is “Should games persuade?”
Nintendo is Right to Hold Firm on Price

Lower prices don't always mean better value.