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Activision has topped the iPad chart with mobile Call of Duty entry, Strike Team. The publisher made no mention of the British-developed Strike Force following its arrival on the iOS app store last week. But the game has certainly made a splash amongst mobile gamers during its first week on …

Update: The Xbox 360 demo is also up now on the Xbox Live IndiaMarketplace. It’s a 1.5 GB download. Original story: The FIFA 14 demo is out now on the Indian PlayStation Store for PS3 and on PC via Origin, but the Xbox 360 demo is still not to be …

Activision has released a video offering decent look at the campaign mode in Call of Duty: Ghosts. Gun battles in space, anyone? Everything is suitably dramatic with lots of explosions… and plenty of appearances from the new Call of Duty dog. Call of Duty: Ghosts is released worldwide on November …

Xbox strategy boss Albert Penello takes to NeoGaf to affirm new console's specs

Xbox One Kinect, Riot on eSports and ex-triple-A indies set to star

Ubisoft is to resurrect the Tom Clancy EndWar brand. Having done the same with the Ghost Recon IP, EndWar is to get the free-to-play browser treatment. It’s being developed at Ubisoft Shanghai and will be released on PC and Mac. It will be both single and multi player and allow …

Proceeds from volume of fan art to go to Blizzard artist and his fight against rare cancer

Hot on the heels of the character’s third cinema outing, confirmation of a third video game starring Vin Diesel’s Riddick has been unearthed. Furthermore, the game will be developed by the same people who put together 2004’s impressive Escape from Butcher Bay. OXM spotted Vin Diesel himself confirming in a …

Blockbuster UK is the latest games retailer to back free specialist games magazine Gamereactor UK. As of this month, the publication will be available for free to customers in the entertainment retailer’s 126 stores, adding to the 455 outlets Gamereactor is already stocked in. Other retailers include GAME and Currys/PC …

British playwright Lucy Prebble will write a monthly games column in a new publication by The Observer. Prebble, best known for plays Enron, The Effect and TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, will feature in the paper’s new tech magazine. Named Observer Tech Monthly, it will feature games …