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Konami has announced precisely what will be included in the hotly anticipated Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. We already knew that the game would include HD versions of PS2 titles Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, as well as the first home …

This year’s Games Media Awards, in association with Grainger Games, have sold out in record time. After a record number of nominations, and with more media brands and individuals in the running for a prestigious Games Media Award, the swish new Vinopolis venue looks set to be a party to …

Having only opened voting six weeks ago, Future has announced that over 1m votes have already been cast in this year’s GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards presented by Alienware. It’s the fastest that the milestone has been hit in the event’s 29-year history. The awards remain on target to beat last …

Ubisoft has announced a tenth instalment in its highly successful dancing series – Just Dance Kids. The game will be released on November 4th in the UK for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Kinect and Move compatibility has been confirmed. The game will feature 40 kid-orientated tracks as well as …

Revenue from in-game advertising is expected to increase in the next few years, but are advertisers making the most of our medium? The new Advertising and Video Games report by research firm DFC Intelligence predicts that the in-game advertising market will reach $7.2bn globally by 2016, according to IndustryGamers. The …

Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida has demonstrated PlayStation Vita’s ability to play games streamed directly from a PS3. The president of Sony Worldwide Studios was showing off PS Vita’s Remote Play technology at Tokyo Games Show, reports VG247. He played Killzone 3 on the PS Vita which was streamed onto the handheld …

Rockstar’s upcoming Max Payne 3 has received its first official trailer. The game is being developed by the Rockstar Vancouver studio, though other developers – including the London officer – will also be chipping in. In it we see the troubled Max arrive in Sao Paulo. So much is the …

Activision has teamed up with Sony to create an exclusive Move bundle for the release of GoldenEye 007: Reloaded. Entitled the Double ‘O’ Edition, the SKU includes a copy of the game, a PlayStation Move controller, a navigation controller, PlayStation Eye Camera and Sharp Shooter peripheral, which transforms the controller …

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The mobile gaming network’s CEO and co-founder Jason Citron has resigned after the company was sold to Gree earlier this year. OpenFeint will now be run by Naoki Aoyagi, who is also CFO of the firm’s Japanese parent company Gree. He has ten years’ experience in finance and management including …