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Facebook is in hot water with anti-knife crime campaigners over a new game that allows user to ‘stab’ each other. The application allows members to send a knife icon to friends, with accompanying text that informs them they have been ‘shanked’ – a street slang term for ‘knifed’. For the …

EA will report a loss of $111m for its fiscal Q2 in 2008-2009 tomorrow. That’s according to top analysts, reports Forbes, who believe that for the three months ended June 30th, will report a total loss of 33 cents per share. However, that compares favourably with a loss of $132 …

id chief still wants to make 'exclusive graphical tour de force', though

When Sony introduced disc-based gaming to the masses, the relationship between music and video games exploded into life. Long before Guitar Hero rocked the world, soundtracks in the likes of WipEout, FIFA and Tony Hawk’s brought music to a new audience, and were the catalyst for some of the most …

Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros has come out on top in a new poll of the greatest games of all time. The list was voted for by over 2,000 gamers through onepoll.com. ‘Old skool’ titles such as Pac Man, Donkey Kong and Frogger did particularly well in the list. John Sewell, …

Midway is to release a new Mortal Kombat compilation for PS2 in September. Mortal Kombat: Kollection contains a trilogy of old MK releases: Deception, Armageddon and Shaolin Monks. The title will be available in the US for an SRP of $29.99. As yet, there are no details of a European …

Nintendo of America’s NOA’s EVP of sales and marketing Cammie Dunaway has said that Nintendo has no plans to introduce coloured Wii consoles just yet. In a full interview with IGN, Dunaway said: [We] certainly don’t have any announcements to make about different colours. We continue to sell out of …

Koch-owned publisher Deep Silver has signed an agreement with Apogee Software to co-publish one of the greatest franchises in the history of gaming.” The anticipated Duke Nukem Trilogy will be released on DS and PSP in sequential episodes, starting with Critical Mass, followed by Chain Reaction and Proving Grounds. Terry …

Eidos is banking on Tomb Raider: Underworld to prove its new studio-led business model can compete with the best in the industry – and is eyeing the No. 1 chart position in the lead up to Christmas. The company last week announced that the title, developed by Crystal Dynamics, would …

Forget the iPod, iTunes or even commercial radio, video gaming is increasingly becoming the platform of choice for the music industry. At least that’s according to Alex Rigopulos (pictured), CEO and co-founder of Rock Band creator Harmonix, who feels that consumers interacting with music is far more likely to stimulate …