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Consumers are another step closer to experiencing PS3 Home, as Sony allows users to submit an application to join the service today. Later today, the PS Store will be updated with a Home theme which, when downloaded, lets users submit an application to join the Home Beta test community. Sony’s …

Can you tell us about the new structure of cdv? Christian Gloe: We have completely restructured and expanded our operation in Europe. Traditionally, cdv was known as a German-based PC centric publisher; now we have products across all platforms with dedicated offices in the key territories. We have established offices …

The president and CEO of Warner Bros. parent Time Warner has boasted that the company can tempt the talent it needs” away from rival games companies – adding that the sector is to become an increasingly important part of the entertainment giant’s business. Speaking to investors in an Earnings call, …

The organiser of Leipzig Games Convention trade show has ensured an easy journey to the expo for the UK trade next week – with a direct charter flight from Luton. Charter flights of Windrose Air Jetcharter GmbH leave on Tuesday evening (August 19th) at 18:00 and Thursday morning (August 21st) …

505 and 1C are offering you the chance to win a copy of all five games featured in last weeks Recommended Extra, including Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason, Men of War, Hummer 4×4, Death Track Resurrection and The Tomorrow War. To be in with a shout of bagging the lot, answer …

Microsoft will be very cautious in introducing new peripherals into the market for Xbox 360 – and has learnt from Wii Fit, which most consumers don’t play more than once. That’s according to Xbox VP David Gosen, calling on Microsoft ‘research ‘that showed 60 per cent” of people who bought …

Oh dear. Just as this industry begins to believe that even the most ardent video games heathens have been convinced of the sheer joy of it all… the American Christian right shatters the illusion with a disgracefully entertaining attack, likening consoles to ‘terrorists’. Making Anne Diamond look like Shigeru Miyamoto, …

505 Games has told MCV that the firm will be bringing the Namco Bandai hit cheerleader-sim We Cheer to the UK and European markets early next year. Exclusively available for the Nintendo Wii, the title will be available in Q1 2009 and is sure to appeal to the mass market, …

Atari’s upcoming DS title What’s Cooking? With Jamie Oliver is due to hit shelves this October, and the celebrity chef has told MCV that he hopes it will inspire people to cook.” The game is to feature an interactive cookbook, virtual kitchen and over 100 original recipes, along with an …

Xbox VP says 60 per cent of Wii Fit's "digital bathroom scales" owners never play it again; talks up Lips vs SingStar potential