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The next 12 months will be amongst the biggest in Pokmon history, says The Pokmon Company. The firm is gearing up to launch multiple new games, a new TV series, events, a film and new toys throughout 2013, all climaxing in the launch of Pokmon X and Y on 3DS …

Research group intended to only use male gamers

Places are now available at the first Xbox 360 MCV Quiz of 2013. The event takes place on Thursday May 16th and will be held at Holborn’s Sway Bar. Guests can expect a battle of wits against other retailers, suppliers and the games media. There are thousands of pounds’ worth …

One might think this would be a time for EA to make nice with the customers who feel like they are being mistreated.” So begins a response from Consumerist to the reaction of Peter Moore to the fact that EA is odds on to be named as the Worst Company …

Microsoft’s new Xbox will not be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 games, according to a new report. Bloomberg says that the upcoming console will be built using an AMD X86 board – a PC standard that houses both the CPU and GPU on a single assembly. This means that Microsoft …

More communication between developers means better games, says Manveer Heir

Sony told developers console would ship with 4GB RAM, says Just Add Water CEO

Microsoft to ditch backwards-compatibility with next-gen console

Distribution for Tecmo Koei in India appears to have changed hands yet again, as Milestone Interactive lines up three games from the publisher for release this month. Milestone will release Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge for PS3 and Xbox 360 for Rs 2,199. Two PS Vita games, Ninja Gaiden Sigma …

Rod Fergusson says his time at the BioShock Infinite studio was limited