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More than 1,000 UK stores will be open from midnight for the launch of Grand Theft Auto V. Retailers are out in force for what is tipped to be the biggest release of the year, with chains, indies and supermarkets reporting record pre-order figures. Midnight launches will take place from …

Blockbuster has revealed its own Grand Theft Auto V trade-in offer. Customers can trade-in any two games from a list of titles (that can be seen below) and get the game for nothing. The deal is limited to Xbox 360 and PS3 only. It also confirmed that 248 of its …

Bethesda has confirmed a Game of the Year Edition for stealth hit Dishonored. It will be released on October 11th and cost 29.99 on both Xbox 360 and PS3 and 24.99 on PC. As well as the main game it also chucks in all the post-release DLC – Dunwall City …

Gregg Barnett, creator of Commodore 64 classic VS fighting game The Way of the Exploding Fists, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. Barnett was a key figure at Beam Software, which was later known as Melbourne House, before being acquired by Krome Studios. He is currently creative …

High Street stalwart WH Smith may have long since abandoned core gaming, but shoppers may have noticed this week the presence of Grand Theft Auto V in its windows. It’s not selling the game, of course – although some branches can still be found selling the likes of Activision’s Skylanders …

PlayJam has announced a global release date for new Android console contender GameStick. The device will go on sale worldwide on Tuesday October 29th. GAME and Amazon are amongst the confirmed stockists. GameStick, which originated on crowdfunding site Kickstarter, had originally been scheduled for a June release but has been …

Game Lab Social to help 'foster creativity, collaboration and knowledge sharing' in region

Fan-made FPS homage Timesplitters Rewind has appeared on the Concepts area of Steam Greenlight. Unlike ‘full-fat’ Greenlight, the Concepts section allows developers to obtain feedback and try and gather together a community before launching a full Greenlight campaign. Timesplitters Rewind was unearthed as an in-development PS4 fan project earlier this …

Members of the Silicon Spa cluster comment on the loss of their biggest studio

PC indie gaming operation impacted by Blitz closure. 'Likely purchasers' suggested