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Our Indie Retail Month in association with Gem continues with another entry in our look at UK’s fastest growing indies, Videogaming 247. Co-partner Alison Grieve explains how Videogaming 247 was inspired to grow by local competition Grainger Games. Videogaming 247 began life as a market stall, and in just three …

Cyprus was hit hard by the Eurocrisis, and this has hurt the region’s video games market. The high price of games in the territory is impacting both the customer and the retailers. Games retail is struggling but generally at this time, it’s not good in any markets. Games are coming …

Gran Turismo 6 is official. Series creator Kazunori Yamauchi announced the game today at the franchise’s 15th anniversary celebrations at the Silverstone circuit in the UK. The game is headed to the PS3 and will pack in 1,200 cars; that’s GT5’s 1,000 and 200 new ones. The Silverstone circuit will …

The worlds of Scribblenauts and DC are to collide in a new title for Wii U, 3DS and PC. Called Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, the 5th Cell developed title is said to contain over 2,000 superheroes and villains. The studio boldly claims that it has studied every super …

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French media giant Vivendi could once again be preparing to try and sell its interest in Activision. The Wall Street Journal reports that following confirmation of its profits decline earlier this week, Vivendi CFO Philippe Capron confirmed the company’s consideration of a variety of options” regarding Activision Blizzard. "The board …

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A 23-year-old Ohio resident involved in the infamous PSN hack has been placed under house arrest for one year. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Todd Miller was sentenced yesterday not for the part he played in the PSN breach but instead for interfering with the FBI’s investigations by destroying computer …

Shadow Fall trailer used just over 4gb of RAM, says tech lead

Animal Crossing was the sort of game that should have never worked in the West. In a village filled with humanised animals, a player must set up a home, look after the garden, go fishing, write letters and perform other leisure activities. It’s exactly the sort of game that was …