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Microsoft’s pre-E3 press conference will start at 5:30pm in the UK on Monday, June 15th – 9:30am in Los Angeles. The conference will last 90 minutes and takes place at The Galen Center on 3400 South Figueroa Street, for those attending on the day. If you are planning to attend, …

EA’s blockbuster E3 press conference will take place on Monday June 15th, at 9pm UK time, or 1pm LA time. The event will last exactly one hour. Expected at the event is a slew of blockbuster games, including the usual Madden, FIFA and Need for Speed, alongside exciting new games …

Stat trackers IHS has shown its latest market data ahead of next week’s E3 – revealing that $92bn will be spent on games this year. That is higher than music ($18bn) and movies ($62bn) combined. The latest estimates from the firm also reveals that 80 per cent of this revenue …

Valve has announced the rebirth of Dota 2 by detailing features in the new game client running on the Source 2 engine. The new game client, which has been in the works for some time judging by many hints at a Source 2 release last year, will be available in …

The PlayStation 4 version of Vita classic Tearaway is coming to stores this September. Taking to the PlayStation Blog, developer Media Molecule confirmed that Tearaway Unfolded would be coming out on September 11th in the UK. Tearaway Unfolded is the enhance PlayStation 4 version of the PlayStation Vita announced at …

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Focus Home Interactive has teamed up with Lords of the Fallen co-developer Deck13 to create a new sci-fi RPG. The mystery game is set in a dystopian future and feature innovative combat mechanics and an original character progression system based on modular upgrades gained through tight, visceral combat”. The unnamed …

Puzzle & Dragons creator GungHo is to expand into mobile games publishing, president Kazuki Morishita has confirmed. Companies have been coming to us for years begging to publish their games. We are now getting ready to do that,” he told Bloomberg. There are so many cases where a company excels …

Sony’s PS4 reclaimed the title of best-selling console in the US last month, NPD data has revealed. That’s despite Xbox One’s sales climbing 81 per cent year-on-year, a number no doubt helped by the fact that Microsoft’s machine is now considerably cheaper than it was this time last year. However, …

Kate Upton’s time as the never-ending face of free-to-play advertising on social media may be over. TMZ reports that, in their words, Mariah Carey will be the new face and new set of ample boobs for the ridiculously successful Game of War: Fire Age”. The deal is apparently worth seven …