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Xbox Infinity was a strong possibility for Microsoft’s next-gen branding, the company admitted. The Xbox Infinity branding (or Xbox ∞) was first mentioned as long ago as July 2012 after Microsoft was spotted fighting to win the rights to the Xbox8 URL. Infinity then reared its head again shortly before …

Your chance to claim a free ticket to tonight's lecture by the Beyond: Two Souls lead

A different breed of independent developer is using their expertise to bring old-school IPs to new platforms

New talks to discuss user experience, moving from triple-A to free-to-play and player psychology

The six charities in with a shot of grabbing GamesAid funding this year have been named. Voting is now open for GamesAid members and will remain so until just before midnight on the night of Saturday September 14th. Votes can be registered here. All eligible organisations must have a turnover …

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop heads to computing firm as executive VP of Devices and Studios

UK gamers have finally got their own next-gen game trade-in program. Retailer GAME is offering a guaranteed 40 trade-in value for a range of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles when gamers hand them over in order to upgrade to either the PS4 or Xbox One version. The titles confirmed so …

Konami has released the PC system requirements for the FOX Engine-powered Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, and here they are. Minimum OS: Windows Vista SP2/ Windows 7 SP1 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon II X2 240 GPU: DirectX 9.0c compatible with 512 MB RAM RAM: …

Calling Minecraft the golden goose of Mojang seems a bit understated at this point. The original version of the game (PC/Mac/Linux) has surpassed 12m copies sold, according to its official sales ticker. Combined with dated console and mobile numbers, that moves Minecraft to well over 20m copies sold across all …

A Steam page has surfaced for Hitedaka Suehiro’s console cult classic adventure game Deadly Premonition, listing a release date of October 31st. Rising Star Games originally confirmed the PC port in July, and one week later the game had been fast-tracked through Steam Greenlight. The Steam release matches the PS3 …