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Microsoft is planning to reveal a TV-on-demand service for Xbox Live, according to WinRumors. The website caught word that the software giant has been securing last-minute deals for the imminent announcement. Microsoft is currently in last minute negotiations to secure the necessary agreements in time,” an anonymous source told WinRumours. …

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Call of Duty: Black Ops’ Escalation map pack will be released for PlayStation 3 on June 10th. The DLC features four new multiplayer maps and the Zombies mode’s new Call of the Dead expansion, which stars George A. Romero, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Englund and more. Black Ops’ developer Treyarch …

The Microsoft-made Star Wars Kinect game will be prominent during the Xbox press conference next week. But how involved has LucasArts been in the game? We’re working closely with [Microsoft Game Studios] and their dev teams to create a completely new Star Wars experience for the Kinect audience,” says LucasArts …

Art game and peripheral uDraw will arrive on Xbox 360 and PS3 this year, THQ has confirmed. The publisher will bring a revised version of the device to those consoles following strong sales on Wii. It will boast enhanced features such as high-definition drawings, a more sensitive stylus pen, motion …

Paramount is working on a brand new Star Trek game for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The boxed game is being developed by Digital Extremes (the team that worked on BioShock 2 and Dark Sector amongst others) and is due for release in summer 2012. Although not based directly on …

Microsoft has announced that in the first four months of 2011 the Xbox 360 has enjoyed year-on-year unit sales growth of 29 per cent in the US– that’s triple the growth seen by PS3 in the same period. The console has now sold 55m units worldwide. This figure spans sales …

Who are the best games studios in the world? Who makes the best games? Who deserves the kudos? That last question is one we have tried to answer with every annual version of the Develop 100. Whether based on the now-narrower retail sales data or our confident judgement, the previous …

Sony has stated that the long-awaited Team Ico Collection will be released for PS3 in Japan on September 22nd. That’s according to a translation from VG247. The SKU will include HD re-workings of two PS2 classics – Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Both will include hi-def visuals, 7.1 surround …

The boss of Sony Worldwide Studios has admitted that Sony got it wrong with the release of the digital-only PSPgo. In April Sony Japan confirmed that it had ended production of the device, while UK retailers were told not to expect any supply replenishments. "I could spend 30 minutes talking …