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The man who was responsible for burying huge numbers of Atari 2600 cartridges in the New Mexico desert has revealed himself. ET and others games were amongst the thousands of items recently unearthed in Alamagordo as part of a Microsoft documentary. And now local news network KBOI2 has named James …

Strategy title downloaded more than 5.5 million times to date

The next Call of Duty won’t be released on Wii U, it seems. Amazon listings confirm Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC but not for Nintendo’s machine. We already knew the game will be released on November 4th. "Call of Duty: Advanced …

Facepunch Studios boss Garry Newman explains why he chose Unity to power his Early Access best-seller

Tesco has revealed that it will launch an Android smartphone by the end of the year. Philip Clarke, Tesco’s chief executive, told BBC Radio 5 Live that the handset will be called the Hudl smartphone and will come with pre-installed Tesco services and feature hardware comparable to the Galaxy S5. …

CCP has revealed a new first-person shooter from the same team working on its free-to-play console multiplayer game Dust 514. The new title will build on the ideas of the console shooter and expand on them.CCP exec producer Jean-Charles Gaudechon said the new game would offer more of a sandbox …

New title to be unveiled through Twitch stream

Bill Gates would support Microsoft’s long-rumoured decision to sell off the Xbox business, but does not expect such a thing to happen. That appears to be the conclusion we can take from a number of reports that cropped up over the bank holiday weekend, some of which at one point …

Founders of studio behind Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series to retire

Cable boxes may soon be able to stream and play a range of EA titles in North America. Reuters reports that EA and Comcast – which has 22m US subscribers – are close to finalising a deal following two years of testing titles such as FIFA, Madden, Plants vs Zombies …