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Nintendo has announced a planned digital release for an HD Wii U version of Wii classic Wii Sports. It will be called Wii Sports Club and can be purchased in a number of ways, CVG reports. All of the five included sports – tennis, bowling, golf, baseball and boxing – …

Mobile game programming course one of 20 subjects set to go live on FutureLearn

The decline in PCs is not having any detrimental effect on Steam, which according to owner Valve continues to post impressive growth. CVG reports that Valve MD Gabe Newell told an audience at the Linuxcon event in New Orleans that Steam is not mirroring the trends seen in PC hardware. …

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog takes a look at the leading industry trends from IDF

The problem that prevented some PS3 owners installing the digital version of Grand Theft Auto V has been resolved, Sony says. Some users had, having sometimes waited some considerable time to download the 18GB file, found themselves unable to install the game due to an error. That has now been …

22Cans, Brainbow, and Fireproof Games among this year's most inventive UK mobile businesses

South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan will welcome the PS4 this December. Sony confirmed the 2013 launch month at its pre-Tokyo Game Show event earlier today, although it did not give a specific launch date or price for each territory. The PS4, remember, will not be released in Japan …

It will be a shock to no-one to hear that Polyphony Digital is up against it to get Gran Turismo 6 ready for its December 6th release. Creator Kazunori Yamauchi confirmed to Eurogamer that some of the game’s features are unlikely to be ready for launch and that a sizable” …

Husband and wife tutors to push students beyond what they already know

Wilson says iterating quickly on ideas is the best way to operate 'on the edge of innovation'