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The president of Japanese gaming firm GungHo Online Entertainment is considering relocating the company to Finland. Just last monthGungHo acquired a 51 percent stakein Finnish Clash of Clans developer Supercell for $1.5 billion, sothe report from The Wall Street Journalthat company boss Taizo Son is pondering a move isn’t straight …

Xbox One will become the biggest and fastest selling console ever when it is released on November 22nd, Amazon has predicted. The retailer adds, however, that it will be overtaken by Sony’s PS4 just a week later. PS4 is currently top of Amazon UK’s PC and video games pre-order charts, …

Meanwhile, Hirai will seek to convince investors that own its entertainment IP is good business sense

New DLC is now available for PES 2014. Data Pack 2 brings all the teams up to date with 800 new faces. Players such as Manchester United’s Da Silver twins and England’s own Jack Wilshere are included in this new facelift. New kits have also been added, as have new …

Developers can use cloud tech create 'high fidelity, graphically rich applications that run on a variety of devices'

Code from game client also made freely available to developers

Team behind 3DS title disbanded during prototype phase to work on next-gen

Steam-owner also plans to detail its product plans for Steam Machines

Media giant IGN has expanded its operations within Africa with the creation of the new brand. IGN Africa is a result of a new partnership between owner Ziff Davis International and Instance Media, which publishes games publication NAG and owns the annual rAge Expo. The new brand will cover both …

Sony has confirmed that upcoming PS3 racer Gran Turismo 6 will be the first game in the series to offer microtransactions. Prices have not yet been revealed for the in-game credits” system although Sony says that the gamers can buy the credits both in-game and via retail gift cards. They …