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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

Microsoft’s ongoing work with Xbox One’s development tools is NOT helping its machine catch up with the apparently still superior technical performance of PS4, it is now being said. MCV this morning reported on claims from Lorne Lanning, co-founder of Oddworld developer Oddworld Inhabitants, that the gap between Xbox One …

Acclaimed writer heading up new Star Wars title

Upcoming title LEGO The Hobbit will expand to encompass all three of Peter Jackson’s films, a new report claims. The Warner title arrives in the UK on April 11th with content from both the first film An Unexpected Journey and last year’s The Desolation of Smaug. Brick Fanatics, however, reckons …