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Activision has confirmed the name of its first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game. Called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the release was first touted as part of Activision’s multi-year deal with Nickelodeon last month. This new third person brawler will be released on Xbox Live Arcade, the …

Update: EA’s Peter Moore has called Videogamer’s report a "fabrication" in a comment on GamesIndustry.biz, shortly after the publisher’s US corportate communications team issued a statement calling the news of Dead Space 4’s cancellation "patently false." Moore called the report "Standard, shoddy website journalism recipe, born out of a desperate …

As old a video game character Sonic is and as new a genre endless running is, the two couldn’t be more compatible, and Sega has finally decided to explore that potential with a Sonic endless runner. Sonic Dash will feature the iconic Sonic the Hedgehog, and will arrive soon” on …

Some publishers have left studios 'high and dry' by cancelling projects before completion, says Richard Wilson

Need for Speed: Most Wanted has been named as the next star of GAME’s lock-in events. 19 GAME outlets will host knockout tournaments (with pizza and soft drinks provided). The winner of each will win not only the game (which came out last year, don’t forget) but also its three …

Infinity Ward co-founder leaves studio due to 'family issues'

The British Academy Games Awards take place in London tonight, and you can watch the entire event here. The event is being held at London Hilton, Park Lane, and will be hosted for the fifth consecutive year by comedian and gamer, Dara O’Briain. The nominations for this year’s Awards span …

Survival horror sequel dropped after early pre-production at Visceral Montreal

Hal Hanlin moves to social games outfit after nearly five years at US publisher

Many PC gamer’s worst fears have come to fruition with news that EA’s Origin servers have crippled the US launch of SimCity. It’s yet another example of a primarily single player game being borked by a publisher’s insistence of implementing internet-centric DRM in a title. RockPaperShotgun reports that gamers trying …