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Sega’s Football Manager Classic 2014 for Vita will also be available in a hardware bundle. The SKU includes a slim Vita 2000, a 4GB memory card and a voucher code to download the game from PSN. Those already playing Football Manager Classic on PC can continue playing their current career …

Skylanders fans now have a place to gather thanks to a new social initiative from GAME. The retailer has today launched its Skylanders Swap Force Club. Members will be invited to meet at scheduled in-store events to not only mingle with fellow players but also get their hands on extra …

Industry veteran champions the growth of games development during special London event

Number of users equivalent to the populations of Norway and Scotland

The planned excavation of the fabled Atari dump site said to be filled with thousands of copies of ET The Extraterrestrial game cartridges has overcome its latest hurdle. According toAlamogordo News, The New Mexico Environment Department has granted approval for the dig having previously blocked previous plans, claiming they were …

Chancellor of the Exchequer welcomes additional ideas that will help bring investment to the UK

The CEO of Mozilla has stepped down following controversy over his donation to an anti-gay bill. Brendan Eich’s $1,000 donation to the Californian gay marriage ban Proposition 8 in 2008 was highlighted earlier this week. Dating site OkCupid drew attention to Eich’s donation by advising those using Mozilla’s Firefox browser …

Developer looking for new source of funding to keep company alive

Over 2,000 aspiring race car drivers have participated in GT Academy India as the qualifiers reach the halfway mark. Qualifiers have so far taken place in Mumbai and Delhi, with Hyderabad, Delhi and Chennai, as well as online qualifiers via PSN, to follow. The top four times set so far …

Film crews gear up to document recovery of thousands of game cartridges and consoles