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Sales of 250,000 in its first two days have seen zombie romp State of Decay become the second fastest selling Xbox Live Arcade title ever. The only game to better its performance is Mojang’s Minecraft. "This was you,” a statement from developer Undead Labs said. We did not have an …

Presentation kicks off at 5:30pm UK time, 9:30am PST

UK rental and retail chain Blockbuster has said it is happy to support Microsoft’s new console, even though it prevents the use of rented games. In the still-confusing clarifications released last week, Microsoft said that ‘loaning and renting games’ will not be possible at the launch of Xbox One. However, …

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Ubisoft presentation kicks off at 11pm UK time, 3pm PST

The race to the BAFTAs begins for young teams in Abertay-organised development contest

EA presentation kicks off at 9pm UK time, 1pm PST

Today’s the day. Whether it’s the first look at PS4, Microsoft’s rumoured 20 new game announcements, new titles from EA and Ubisoft or god knows what from Nintendo, it’s all going down at E3 2013 in LA from later today. This year’s schedule is as follows (times are for the …

Cinema and video games have always had quite the on-again, off-again relationship, but one look at UK cinema box office and you’d wonder whether games developers or publishers take any notice of their big-screen cousins. Iron Man 3 is one of the biggest releases of the year so far, taking …

The PS4 and Xbox One will be showcased at E3 after years and years of R&D. By contrast, in three weeks the Android-based Ouya console finally goes on sale to the public – a year ago it didn’t even exist. Propelled by record-breaking crowdfunding, it has promised to deliver an …