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Strategy game generates $740,000 in five days.

Given how long gamers were waiting for Gran Turismo 5, many will have no doubt been suprised to learn that a sixth entry is due on shelves by the end of the year. Sony made the surprise announcement during a special event at the UK’s famous Silverstone Circuit earlier this …

Konami’s latest football release won’t be released on next-gen consoles this time around. PES 2014 was announced just minutes ago but the publisher’s European PES community manager Adam Bhatti has already taken to Twitter to confirm that the game will definitely be Xbox 360, PS3 and PSP only this year. …

Event to take place at Insomnia 49 event in Telford

It stole the show at last year’s E3 conference, but Watch Dogs developers Ubisoft Montreal are still nervous about the game’s showing next week. Unveiled at E3 2012, Watch Dogs sent Twitter into meltdown during its ten-minute on-stage demonstration. And it’s since cropped at Sony’s PS4 announcement in February. We …

A new Halo game will launch in July for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft has announced. Halo: Spartan Assault is a top-down action shooter developed by Halo 4 creators 343 Industries (with help from Vanguard Games). The game will work on Windows 8 touch devices and is set …

Harmonix is working on an Xbox 360 and Xbox One title called Fantasia: Music Evolved. The game, due out in 2014, transports players to a breathtaking world where music and magic combine to transform extraordinary interactive landscapes in entirely new and creative ways” according to the press release. It is …

You can be certain of one thing – Xbox and Sony execs won’t be able to hide from the pre-owned question at E3 next week. Having already successfully elevated the question to the forefront of the games industry last week, the NeoGaf-based organisers behind the #PS4NoDRM are planning a second …

Changes could see Don Mattrick take up larger role at computing giant

Outsourcing firm eyes closer ties with mobile and tablet developers in the US