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A wealth of Gamertags that were previously taken are now available to Xbox 360 owners. Microsoft is currently sifting through the dead or unused accounts on its servers to free up any Xbox Live identities that were tied to them, according to Major Nelson. The Xbox icon warned: This process …

A brand new trailer has been released for EA’s upcoming Battlefield 3 and gamers are already asking if DICE’s war sim will be the most realistic shooter ever released. The video of the PC version of the game, which can be seen below, is certainly a step above anything seen …

CEO of casual gaming giant launches attack on Sony's new handheld

DirectX 11 support in the Unreal Engine 3 to be shown at California conference

Play4Free titles to garner new exposure with distribution deal

Upcoming EA release Crysis 2 will break with the publisher’s recent tradition and not require a user to input an Online Pass code to access key features. GamertagRadio reports that developer Crytek itself, which as a member of the EA Partners program was free to decide for itself, made the …

IMAGINE’S ABC RESULTS X360 2010: 24,090July – Dec 2009: 26,532January – June 2009: 26,092 Play 2010: 21,7352009: 24,062 GamesTM 2010: 18,0242009: 20,013 3602010: 11,1832009: 14,116 Cross-portfolio initiativesHelen Laidlaw – Deputy Editor, How It WorksIt’s exciting that Imagine can make the most of our huge gaming audience and expand on it by targeting …

Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection will arrive in UK stores on April 22nd. The PSP release includes two games – Final Fantasy IV and The After Years – and arrives as a limited edition in PAL territories. It includes art cards, a PSP cleaning cloth and a special folding …

Capcom’s Devil May Cry could be the next video games IP to get the Hollywood treatment. Variety reports that Screen Gems, the Sony-owned producer of the Resident Evil movie franchise, has acquired the film rights to the series. The deal was brokered by Digital Development Management on behalf of Capcom. …

Studio opposes description of cheap apps as 'dangerous and disposable'; Insists console Angry Birds will routinely update