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Samsung smartphones are to receive their own dedicated retail presence on the UK High Street. Carphone Warehouse has announced plans to rebrand 60 of its 2,000 stores as dedicated Samsung outlets. These will roll out in the next three months across seven countries including the UK, which is expected to …

Microsoft will soon share its plans for Games With Gold on Xbox One. The service – seen as a direct answer to Sony’s excellent Instant Games Collection on PSN – rewards Xbox Live subscribers with access to a changing selection of free titles. So far it has only been available …

48-hour game jam begins on February 6th

Indian PlayStation Plus members will receive Sound Shapes as the PS4 Instant Game Collection title for the month of February, Sony has announced. Sound Shapes replaces Outlast, which is the free PS4 game for the rest of the PAL region, but the survival-horror game is, for reasons unkown, not available …

UK YouTube giant Yogscast says it can help publishers sell games, but it will never compromise its integrity. The company’s comments come as Microsoft and EA suffer criticism for encouraging YouTube bloggers to post positive coverage about its games in exchange for money. Yogscast is a value-led business and the …

The Bossa Studios creator-in-chief gets the rapid-fire question treatment

Don Bradman Cricket 14 will release at the end of March for Xbox 360 and PS3, developer Big Ant Studios has announced. No specific date has been announced but the March releases is designed to coincide with the ICC World Twenty20 championship, which takes place in Bangladesh between 16thMarch and …

A look at how the programme is turning studios, developers and young start-ups into real games businesses

The head of Konami Europe says the next Pro Evolution Soccer is ‘totally changed’. It’s not been revealed officially, but PES 2015 is set to hit next-gen platforms this year. It is powered by the publisher’s new Fox Engine and is being co-developed by a new UK studio for the …

Don Bradman Cricket 14 will release at the end of March for Xbox 360 and PS3, developer Big Ant Studios has announced. No specific date has been announced but the March releases is designed to coincide with the ICC World Twenty20 championship, which takes place in Bangladesh between 16th March …