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Hip-hop icon and name-changing spliff champion Snoop Dogg/Snoop Doggy Dogg/Snoop/Snoop Lion is to star in a new 505 game. It’s called Way of the Dogg (presumably pronounced ‘dawg’?). It’s a rhythm-action combat game. It’s coming out on Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network and mobiles. It’s about fighting and stuff. And …

The Room and New Star Soccer gain recognition as digital takes centre stage at awards show

The Walking Dead’s all-important narrative arc may not be lost in the transition to next-gen. Players of the game’s five episodes will have seen their characters develop across each release. While PC players will have no problem keeping hold of this vital progress data, the lack of compatibility between PS3 …

Video game peripherals company Hyperkin has announced the RetroN 4, a console that allows you to play NES, SNES, Game Boy Advance, and Sega Genesis cartridges on a television through HDMI. The RetroN 4 will pack cartridge slots for each of the aforementioned systems, two controller ports for each console, …

Mojang will look into making Minecraft available through Playstation after the game’s console exclusivity deal ends with Microsoft. Edge points to Minecraft lead Jens Bergensten appearance on iGamer, where the developer revealed Mojang is currently mulling additional platforms for its indie sensation. "Microsoft has an exclusivity deal for consoles," Bergensten …

The server woes that darkened SimCity’s US launch yesterday will not be repeated when the game hits the UK this Friday. That’s according to EA, which has vowed to correct the wrongs of yesterday’s mistakes by the end of the week. "We’re making changes to prevent further issues and are …

Activision has named Roy Stackhouse as the new general manager of its UK & Ireland arm. He replaces outgoing boss Andrew Brown, who MCV understands has accepted a role in the US. Stackhouse has been at Activision for over six years, and had most recently been the company’s commercial director …

Thatgamecompany’s PSN release Journey was the big winner at the British Academy Games Awards last night, winning five of the eight awards it was nominated for. The game collected gongs for Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Game Design, Online Multiplayer and Original Music. Fellow PSN release The Unfinished Swan also collected …

Xbox executive Don Mattrick doesn’t believe Valve’s upcoming Steam Box hardware as competition in the console market. Speaking with The Verge, Mattrick stated that while he both respected and loved Valve founder Gabe Newell, he doesn’t see the company as a competitor to Microsoft in terms of living room gaming. …

Gabe Newell has revealed customers can expect to get their hands on an early version of Valve’s Steam Box hardware in the next three to four months. Speaking with BBC, the company’s founder explained what point in the process the hardware is at, as well as touching on some of …