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As we approach the next console generation, one of the major players has attempted to design its next-gen console to be more developer and consumer-friendly. How the PlayStation 4 eventually turns out remains to be seen, and we still don’t know much about Microsoft’s next-gen plans, although rumours have been …

Hit US TV shows The Wire, Lost and Battlestar Galactica have been named as the inspirations behind Bungie’s upcoming online title Destiny. "I think typically, for the Halo games, we looked at movies. But really for this game, we looked at serial television; great dramas like Lost or The Wire; …

Attendees to compete in FIFA and FPS tournaments; All proceeds to go to GamesAid

Designer likens fast-paced and creative mobile industry to early days of ID Software

Former Capcom developer Keiji Inafune has once again lashed out at Japanese games developers and the state of games development in the region. I hope Japanese game developers are breaking through the stagnation,” he told IGN. However, the reality isn’t as good as I want it to be. I see …

Chinese film star and martial artist Jet Li has argued that eSports are very much a ‘sport’ in the proper sense of the word. If poker card games and chess both have the players sitting down and are considered sports, why not virtual gaming as well?” Li said in a …

'They know they have to learn more from western games, but they donâ??t know what to do or how to do it'

Social networking giant expected to reveal partnership with HTC for new mobile and Android-based OS

Asda Direct’s trading director Frazer Locke has joined Amazon as its new head of games. According to sources close to the retailer, Locke is taking the role previously held by Amazon veteran Graham Chambers, who left the firm in September last year. Chambers had spent five years at Amazon before …

With its potential reveal now just three weeks away, the veil of secrecy surrounding Xbox 360’s successor is slowly – very, very slowly – beginning to lift. Although he understandably would not be drawn on specifics, Ubisoft Montreal’s Yanis Mallet has told Eurogamer that Microsoft’s new machine "aligned with what …