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Having completed the beta phase of Outlook, Microsoft is to close up its long-running Hotmail service. According toPocket Lint, Hotmail users will be gradually transferred over to Outlook between now and the summer. The change will be little more than superficial for the time being, as they will retain their …

The man behind many of the recent Xbox 720 leaks claims to have been raided by police. SuperDaE shot to prominence when he listed what appears to be a genuine Xbox 720 dev kit (codenamed Durango) on eBay. The listing has now ended with the winner paying AU $50,000 ($33,400). …

25 year old studio seeking to fill programming and design roles for unnamed projects

At first glance, Game Informer’s UK expansion is hardly an invasion. Last week, as you’ll have read in MCV, the biggest games magazine in the US is now on sale in the UK, but for now only as a digital edition in web browsers (UK iPad and tablet versions are …

Future smartphones could ditch traditional rumble tech in favour of a new system built around electric shocks. NewScientist reports that the current build in this new technology – developed at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany – uses two small wired electrodes attached to a user’s forearms that stimulate nerves …

Bungie’s first post-Halo project, Destiny, will not be released in 2013. That’s according to publisher Activision, which issued the clarification after 48 hours of very successful marketing activity was instigated across media outlets online. "Activision reiterated that although Bungie’s amazing new world was revealed today, Activision has not included the …

Sony’s PlayStation 4 will be available for 300 when it launches in the UK, according to newspaper reports this morning. The Times, as reported by Eurogamer, claims that isn’t a Yen conversion amount, either – that’s an actual local UK adjusted figure. "Industry sources and leaked internal documents suggest that …

Bungie's online shooter won't make release date revealed in Activision court documents

Fiscal year 2012 shows 64% growth for mobile publisher

'Internal sources and leaked documents' show new console is dramatically cheaper than PS3