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PS4’s smartphone companion app will offer a host of extra functionality for owners of the console. As well as being the gateway for ‘second screen’ gameplay options available with certain PS4 titles, it will also allow users to communicate with folk on their PSN Friends list and remotely activate downloads. …

A title update for the so far very buggy GTA Online is being prepped by Rockstar. A new post on the developer’s newswire announces that the patch could hit XBLA and PSN as soon as tomorrow – but there’s no guarantee that’ll actually be the case, or (based on past …

Development tool used in Fez and Bastion coming to Ninty’s home console

Tablet availability and usage rises significantly amongst children, according to a new Ofcom report

The three stars behind GTA V protagonists Franklin, Michael and Trevor have justified the violence in Rockstar’s hugely successful game. Grand Theft Auto V is an 18-rated game, for good reason. And if that isn’t sufficient to keep it from the hands of kids then fingers should be pointed at …

Update 1.02 hopes to resolve connections issues for PS3 and 360 players

Namco Bandai European MD and senior VP Olivier Comte has joined Dofus and Wakfu creator Ankama. He becomes the company’s chief operating officer and group MD. Comte had spent four years at Namco, before which he enjoyed a five year stint at Atari. It has also been confirmed that Ankama …

Former Namco Bandai executive takes key position at French entertainment group

Who’s the bigger team – Chelsea or Liverpool? What about David Bowie vs Andy Warhol? Do you prefer Red Bull or Coca-cola? On October 15ththe Licensing.biz Power List will definitively list the 100 most powerful names on the planet, across Character & Entertainment, Brands, Art & Design and Sports categories. …

Trade Body 'flattered', but distances itself from renewed discussions