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PopCap has officially launched social game Plants vs Zombies: Adventures on Facebook. The game had previously seen a closed beta period of around two months and is now available worldwide on the social network. It features new plants, new power-ups and new, multi-directional zombie types across a dozen road trip …

In-app purchases for Google Play offerings reportedlyhave seen a massive increase over the past year. Reporting from the Google I/O conference, Inside Mobile Apps states that internal purchases in marketplace downloads are up 700 per cent year-over-year. Google Play games business development head Bob Meese expounded on the figure, focusing …

EA will take the lid off of its upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship title later today, and it might be alongside Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox reveal. Polygon reports the EA Sports posted an image (pictured) on Twitter and Facebook announcing May 21st as a notable date for more info on the unannounced …

State finds interested buyer for Kingom of Amalur developer's properties

Perfect World MMO's in-game economy faced with massive inflation during beta

Microsoft will put months of rumours and speculation to rest with the reveal of its new Xbox console tonight. The reveal will take place on-campus at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters, and as described by the IEB division’s chief of staff Aaron Greenberg, it will lay the foundation for the new Xbox …

Sony has relased a new video teasing the design of the PS4, featuring blurred images and lots of close-ups that don’t give away much. Sony announced the PlayStation 4 back in February, and while we’ve seen the Dualshock 4 controller, the look of the consoleitself remains a mystery. The video …

Mobile-Social publisher snaps up crowdfunded god game from genre creator

Plymouth-based studio to develop social top-down shooter Campy Command: Nowhere to Run

Sony to unveil hardware at E3 on June 10th