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Nintendo has released Pokemon Bank in Europe following its festive delay. The service was originally announced way back in September and was supposed to launch worldwide over Christmas but was delayed following the technical problems that plagued eShop over the period. It finally arrived in a few Asian territories late …

Brighton company closes doors after six years

Standardised programming between systems and generation leaps could increase amount of software on new hardware

No, BioShock is not the best selling game to come from the 2K stable. That honour falls to Borderlands 2, which as revealed by Take-Two in its financials last night has now sold over 8.5m copies meaning it has surpassed every title in the BioShock series and also beaten the …

Boss Fight Entertainment already houses 25 staff

Steam is to introduce a brand new bit of functionality – Steam Music. It’s not a brand new store front selling music, however. Instead the functionality offers users the chance to integrate their music collection into their Steam library. The key here is that gamers will be able to listen …

Book your place now to hear Creative Assembly reveal how its new game will bring Alien to life

Delayed open-world title will still release under the same name, publisher insists

Nissan today revealed details of GT Academy for India, a programme that turns Gran Turismo players on PS3 into international pro racing drivers. GT Academy is in its sixth year, but the Indian edition will be the first one to also include live events, where participants can enter the competition. …

Oscar Clark offers the case for the defence for IAPs and why the issues lie with game design decisions, not the business model itself