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The European release of Rocksmith has been pushed back to next year and Ubisoft is asking consumers not to import it. A statement on the Rocksmith Facebook pageread: Rocksmith will not be available in Europe until 2012. This is due to music licensing and other external factors. For those of …

Everyone that tags along with Nathan Drake on his latest quest will be taken on an additional adventure next year. Sony has announced that every copy of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will come with download codes for the Starhawk multiplayer beta, according to Eurogamer. The beta is due to kick …

Microsoft is to release a high-capacity 320GB version of its Xbox 360 hard drive. The SKU will retail for 79.99 in the UK (and $129.99 in the US) and will replace the 250GB unit that currently retails for the same price. It will be compatible with the newer Xbox 360 …

Develop explores PopCap's European HQ in Dublin following EA's dramatic buyout of the company

Consoles like the 3DS have died so many times in the eyes of analysts and the press they may as well as well be regulars in George Romero movies, writes Nick Gibson

Namco Bandai and Cartoon Network will teach over 300,000 kids about the solar system with the help of hit cartoon character Ben 10. A full curriculum-mapped series of lesson plans are now available for teachers to use. They are based on Namco’s upcoming video game Ben 10: Galactic Racing, and …

Sony Pictures has reportedly paid $1 million for the rights to produce Steve Jobs’ biopic, after the Apple founder died earlier this month. Former Time Magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson wrote the original biography, which was sourced from interviews with Jobs, his family, and others that knew him. Tributes have …

The regional games industry descended on Sydney last week to celebrate the launch of our new trade site, MCV Pacific. Publishers, retailers, developers, educators and more came out to celebrate with the MCV team and you can check out the pictures by clicking here. The aim of MCV Pacific is …

EA’s Mirror’s Edge studio DICE says it knows how to reach a broader audience with a potential sequel to the 2008 title. The developer told Spong a follow-up to the first-person action game wouldn’t be a waste of time, despite DICE stalling its development earlier this year. I think it’s …

The biggest 20 games operators on Facebook are combating a steady drop in daily user retention, an analyst group has said. IHS Screen Digest claims that, during the first three quarters of 2011, the likes of Zynga and PopCap noticed a downward trend in user engagement. User engagement is a …