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In a delightful corporate faux pas, the CEO of T-Mobile has been caught seemingly ‘exaggerating’ his love for Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 3. John Legere took to Twitter to explain that he was "Glad @SamsungMobile decided to bring phablets to the states. I don’t know what I’d do without my …

After starting a short-term revolution, the Japanese console maker has discontinued production of the original Wii

Endemol, the UK production company behind Deal or No Deal and Big Brother, is expanding to app publishing. The firm will launch new gaming apps next month based on its well known TV shows, which will allow audiences and their friends to play against each other. The publishing division is …

Is it exciting that you’re going to be able to use the PS4’s new DualShock 4 controller with your PS3? The internet seems to think so. As discovered in a Computer Spiele video below, the DualShock 4 seems to work on PS3 providing it’s plugged in. There are some caveats, …

Games arm of entertainment company to publish apps based on its properties as well as original titles

The Windows 8.1 update designed for Microsoft’s RT tablet PCs has been pulled from the Windows Store. TechSpot reports that Microsoft has confirmed an issue that affects roughly one in every thousand users that results in Windows tablets displaying the infamous ‘blue screen of death’ (BSOD) after updating. A workaround …

There’s been a reshuffle at Eurogamer parent Gamer Network. Former group publishing director Simon Maxwell has become chief operating officer having been at the company for less than a year. David Lilley has become MD of Gamer Events while John Benyamine is now VP of US content, taking on responsibility …

Layoffs at mobile developer’s offices in California and Argentina

Creative Assembly is making a first person Alien shooter for Sega. That’s according to Kotaku, which claims to have it on good authority that Aliens: Isolation will be released for both current and next-gen consoles in 2014. It is apparently inspired by games like Dishonored and Bioshock” and uses both …

Ready for another trailer? Good. Hot on the heels of the Battlefield 4 TV ad, now Activision has released a gameplay trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts. It may appear much like EA’s trailer on the surface – listen out for the Eminem track so you can remember which video …