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New images of the upcoming Minecraft-themed Lego sets have leaked, courtesy of Russian Lego retailer Mir Kibikov. Shacknews reports on the retailer’s accidental” leak of the new line prematurely, which reveals images of six upcoming Minecraft Lego sets – including The First Night, The Mine, Workbench, Dragon Edge, The Cave, …

Peggle 2 is available today for PlayStation 4 owners in Europe and North America, EA and PopCap have announced. The sequel to PopCap’s popular casual title offers single-player offline play, as well as local mutliplayer and two online multiplayer modes with support for up to four players. Peggle 2 had …

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Google chairman Eric Schmidt believes that Amazon is its biggest search competitor. In a speech in Berlin, Schmidt pointed out that internet users are likely to go directly to the retailer when shopping, stating: Many people think our main competition is Bing or Yahoo. But, really, our biggest search competitor …

Microsoft has revealed that it has already seen one million installations of the Windows 10 Technical Preview. The preview has been available for just two weeks, butin a blog post,Microsoft has said that users have already sent more than 200,000 pieces of feedback about the new operating system. Microsoft added …

The VR company’s VP of product Nate Mitchell discusses the firm’s growth and how Facebook has affected the talent it is attracting and who it is looking to hire

PlayStation Vita title Killzone: Mercenary has been updated to support PlayStation TV. Patch 1.11 updates the game so that its touch controls are translated to a user’s PS3 or PS4 controller and introduces a restart-from-checkpoint system, meaning players can quit mid-mission and resume from where they left off. Guerilla says …

Sony’s PS2 has been voted as the greatest ever games console by Amazon customers. The machine beat its predecessor the PSOne in the final, with both the Super Nintendo and N64 falling in the semi-finals. The quarter finals saw defeat for the PS3, Mega Drive, Xbox 360 and PS4 while …

Sony has confirmed a release date for the standalone version of its white PS4 console. GameSpot says that the machine will be released this Friday (October 17th) in the UK. It will include a 500GB hard drive and retail for 350. That’s the official RRP of the console although there’s …

Ubisoft has explained how Wii U owners will be able to use their GamePad when playing upcoming release Watch Dogs. Specifically, off-TV play has been confirmed as well as an optional interactive map. "Our focus was in re-creating the same experience as on the other platforms, while taking advantage of …