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The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected a complaint raised against retailer GAME. Three complainants had alleged that GAME’s We Won’t Be Beaten on Trade-ins” offer, which promises to beat any rival trade-in offer by 1, was misleading because they reported that when they attempted to take advantage of the offer …

The India qualifiers for the Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 World Finals will take place in Mumbai and New Delhi this weekend, Origin Marketing has announced. The Mumbai qualifier will take place on 14th September at Zinklo in Mulund’s Nirmal Lifestyle Mall, while the New Delhi leg will take place at …

Crowdfunding site Kickstarter has suspended Ouya exclusive Elementary, My Dear Holmes. Holmes was one of two games to arouse suspicions late last month after receiving a number of not only unusually high pledges, but also pledges from accounts using fake or celebrity names. Both Holmes and another title, Gridiron Thunder, …

At the PlayStation Japan press conference earlier today, Sony revealed a new, slimmer PS Vita as well as the PS Vita TV, a device that lets you play PS Vita games, besides other stuff, on your TV. The new PS Vita, model number 2000, is approximately 20 percent slimmer and …

When 3DS launched, MCV visited High Street stores to talk 3DS with store staff, and we were disappointed by the results. Several of the men and women whose job it was to sell Nintendo’s new portable told us that the 3DS was just a DS with a 3D screen. Not …

In a clear shift in regional priorities, Sony announced today that it will launch the PlayStation 4 in Japan on 22nd February 2014, three months after it arrives in North America and Europe. By contrast, the PS3 was first released in Japan, a few days later in North America, and …

Rockstar co-founder and vice president of creativity Dan Houser has briefly touched on the male-only character roster for Grand Theft Auto V. As the first game in the series to feature more than one protagonist, some observers have bemoaned the decision not to use this flexibility to introduce a female …

Square Enix has offered a generous freebie to console Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn players. The publisher says that it will allow those who buy the game on PS3 to switch to the PS4 version for free. Note that the beta for the PS4 version won’t go live until …

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog discusses the reasons behind why software devs do what they do

Grand Theft Auto V – which is out NEXT WEEK, don’t forget – might be the most expensive game ever made. That’s if the numbers from a report in The Scotsman are correct. It reckons that Rockstar’s game has a combined development and marketing budget of 170m. In 2010 predecessor …