Think Services' Game Developer Magazine releases 7th annual top 20 Publishers Report

Game Developer magazine’s highly anticipated annual Top 20 Publishers report has debuted for 2009, revealing that publisher Nintendo has maintained its top position on the chart for the third year running. The countdown, which builds on six years of ongoing research, includes a wide-ranging reputation survey distributed to industry professionals, alongside revenue data, release counts, average review scores, and anonymous feedback from development partners.

Babel Continues Asian Video Game Expansion

Babel is pleased to announce it has continued to expand its profile, partnerships and client base in Japan and Korea, as part of its strategy to be a truly global games services company.

Following a very successful presence at the Tokyo game show, organised by Babel’s Tokyo office staff, where Babel signed 5 new projects, Babel is pleased to announce it has formed a partnership with the leading market intelligence company Enterbrain.

Majesco Entertainment releases new screens from 'Let's Shop' Mode in their video game 'Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop'!

Ever wonder how Mama selects the perfect ingredients for her delectable dishes? Well, for the first time in franchise history, chefs can go shopping with Mama and help her pick out the ingredients for this year's selection of 80 new recipes. To give players a look at what it will be like to shop with one of the most renowned chefs in history, Majesco Entertainment Company today released screens from Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop's brand-new "Let's Shop" gameplay mode.

Archlord: Arch Battle of the World PC video game

- During the month of October, the new character class ‘Swashbuckler’ will be introduced.
- Former Archlord users can transfer their accounts to Webzen.com.
- The official website for Soul of the Ultimate Nation revealed
- MU Online is enjoying the rapid growth of South American users.

WEBZEN announce that the company had commenced the worldwide service of Archlord: Arch Battle of the World, expanding the service territories to North America and European countries.

GUTS iPhone game employs cutting-edge 8-bit game design

Slabovia, the last communist dictatorship in Europe, has announced details of its first state-mandated iPhone title. GUTS employs cutting-edge 8-bit game design principles to reconstruct the miraculous story of a desperate medical mission to save General Schmerdiakov, Slabovia’s cruel yet loveable dictator.

Legie indie 3D adventure RPG Released free demo download link

Legie is the unique combination of a 3D adventure and "classic" dungeon crawler. It features a dark story about an innkeeper, beer, and the devil that takes place in the medieval Czech town of Jilemnice.

Flight Of The Conchords music coming to Rock Band video game

Everyone's favourite band from New Zealand, Flight Of The Conchords are set to have some of their songs included in a future edition of the rather popular music videogame, Rock Band. In a recent interview on IGN, Jemaine Clement from the band confirmed their inclusion but also conceded, "we don't know which songs [to include] yet but we're thinking about it at the moment and we're open to suggestions."

Genre-bending Cities XL city-building game out in Europe today

CITIES XL, the highly polished city-building game from Monte Cristo Multimedia, hits the stores today in UK, Scandinavia, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece, Australia and New Zealand, courtesy of distributor Namco-Bandai. In the solo mode, you can build from a selection of 500 buildings on varied landscape maps. In the online mode – subject to a monthly subscription - you can collaborate to build famous landmarks, trade resources with other players, and get monthly new content such as new building packs. The game has an RRP of £29.99.

BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins to Feature Premium Downloadable Content at Launch

New Content to Provide Gamers With Hours of Additional Gameplay, a New Party Member, Exclusive Armor, Mysterious Abilities, a New Base and More

Leading video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts, announce that it has crafted special bonus content for Dragon Age: Origins to be released on launch day. The award winning developer will release several packs of downloadable content (DLC) for the highly anticipated RPG including The Stone Prisoner, the Blood Dragon Armor and Warden’s Keep.

Third person shooter, WET video game to sponsor The Gypsy Pistoleros UK tour

The Gypsy Pistoleros today announced that Bethesda Softworks’ recently-released third person shooter, WET, will be the sole sponsor of their 2009 October U.K Tour. Four tracks from the band’s forthcoming album, Hotel de la Muerte, are featured in WET, a highly stylized game developed by Artificial Mind & Movement for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.