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Activision is to release two Transformers game bundles this Q4. The first, for Nintendo Wii, is called the Transformers: Ultimate Battle Edition while the second, due out on DS, is called the Transformers: Ultimate Autobots Edition. The Wii release contains two games – Transformers: Cybertron Adventures (based on the War …

Valve has become used to suceeding at pretty much every endeavour it undertakes. From trading cards to Steam workshop to Big Picture, we’ve lapped up everything they’ve thrown at us. Over the past month, however, Valve made three announcements regarding its move into the realm of game consoles – the …

Leading game development industry website moves to next level with online revamp

Oh dear. Problems accessing the hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto Online were always to be expected. But fresh reports suggest an altogether more troubling issue is materialising. Some users are claiming that not only are they unable to access the game’s new online functions, but that doing so is corrupting …

The days of Apple making a mint from its proprietary iPhone charging cables could be over. Macworld reports that members of the European Parliament’s internal market committee have voted unanimously for a law that would mandate the use of universal mobile phone chargers. The idea is to cut down on …

An ‘elite gaming PC’ is heading to market from graphics card specialist Nvidia. The SKU contains two Nvidia GTX 780 GPUs working together in SLI as well as an Intel Haswell CPU. Nvidia is selling the device as being 4K-friendly, meaning support for resolutions of up to 3840×2160. It will …

Nintendo’s most successful ever home console is nearing the end of its life. Kotaku spotted an addition made to the Wii page on Nintendo Japan’s website which claims that manufacturing is scheduled to end soon”. If correct, it would mean that while Wii’s life was certainly bright it was also …

Sony has confirmed that the European version of Beyond: Two Souls is missing content found in the US release. The cause is the same as that which led to the censorship of The Last of Us in the region – Sony is fearful of irking sensitive European censors. Specifically, the …

In news that should surprise not a single living soul, Grand Theft Auto Online is struggling to cope with the colossal demand being put on it by eager gamers. Just as Rockstar warned would be the case just last week, the internet is awash with reports of failed login attempts, …

Microsoft’s interactive entertainment boss has once again downplayed the perceived tech advantage PS4 has over Xbox One. Every platform I’ve ever been involved in somebody has said ‘oh, this has got more gigaflops or more teraflops than the other one,’ and at the end of the day it never really …