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GAMESCOM: The leading online retailer may have revealed the rumoured PS3 price cut ahead of any official announcement in Cologne. According to Eurogamer, Amazon has dropped the price across all PS3 SKUs. The 320GB PS3 is now down to 215.20 on Amazon, with an RRP of 291.05. The price of …

Speaking at GDC Europe PopCap’s director of online business Bart Barden has said the casual gaming company may look to work with EA’s established IP in the wake ofthe buyout by the publisher. "Everything will improve with EA," said Barnden at the Q&A session following his talk on localisation and …

GAMESCOM: New gameplay trailers have been released for a pair of the console sector’s hottest new titles. DMC is Capcom’s re-imagining of its popular Devil may Cry series. Development has been shifted out of Japan and handed over to Heavenly Sword and Enslaved developer Ninja Theory. Ghost Recon Future Soldier …

The Australian Federal and State government is pushing the Interactive Skills Integration Scheme (ISIS) forward to employ game developers outside the sector. The scheme’s aim is to advocate several pilot programs, which will see games development and interactive media professionals employed in one of the ‘pilot businesses’, each of which …

Time has officially been called on the glossy version of the Xbox 360 console. Until now, high-capacity Xbox 360 SKUs sported a glossy finish while the entry-level 4GB model instead carried a matte look. Earlier this month it was announced the some 250GB models would also be going matte. Now …

One of Xbox 360’s big Christmas hits this year will come with stereoscopic 3D support out of the box. Developer Epic has confirmed the feature for September 20th release Gears of War 3. "We asked, could we do it?" executive producer Rod Fergusson told Eurogamer. It felt like something we …

Get out and enjoy that sun now because in a few weeks time there’s going to be a big reason to stay indoors. Publisher Sega and developer Sports Interactive have at last officially announced Football Manager 2012, which will be out on PC and Mac before Christmas. This time around …

Anticipated Valve shooter to make its way to download console networks

EA have an entirely new team running the Asia-Pacific region from its Sydney office, which is headed up by former EA UK sales director Mark Bradley. Bradley previously spend almost 5 years working at EA in the UK in multiple sales roles before becoming the general manager of the Nordic …

MCV is celebrating 15 years of Resident Evil with special retrospectives on the franchise. Paul WS Anderson, the Hollywood movie director behind the Resident Evil films, gives us his thoughts on the franchise, and explains why he has deviated from the plot of the games. He also gives us his …