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Raiden is to become a striking feature of London, Liverpool and Leeds later this month. Konami has announced a neat marketing trick for the upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – three huge murals of the game’s star Raiden that have been created in key locations in the UK. Specifically, they …

Average paying user spending as much as $60 per month on free-to-play platform, says Jim Greer

The heroes in a half shell are heading back to your consoles. Activision has agreed a multi-year deal with Nickelodeon to produce three games based on the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IP, the first of which will be released this summer. The publisher now has the global rights to …

The filmmaker behind Star Trek, Cloverfield, and television’s Fringe and Lost could be going into games development. In the opening session at the DICE conference today, JJ Abrams appeared alongside Valve boss Gabe Newell, and the two nonchalantly spoke of the possibility of movies based on Half-Life and Portal. The …

Microsoft is likely to follow the template it laid down with Windows 8 when it comes to designing the Xbox 360’s user interface. That’s according to the former VP of Windows Sales Joachim Kempin, who told IGN: "I think the other thing they will try, there’s no doubt about it, …

PlayStation outfit refused to work with computing giant, claims Joachim Kempin

PlayStation Vita forecasts cut, but electronics giant is pulling out of financial dive

Tecmo Koei has announced that Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge is coming to Xbox 360 and PS3. The move marks an end to the game’s previously Wii U only status. The game itself is already an expansion of existing console title Ninja Gaiden 3. The re-release, which is due to …

Microsoft is implementing some stringent security measures to deter used-game sales, a new report has suggested. Edge has learned from sources with first-hand knowledge of the new Xbox that the console will require an always-online connection for games to be played in a bid to curb used-game sales, similar to …

Game Informer and Gamereactor may be entering the UK, but according to TV giant Twitch, gamers don’t want new magazines, they want video. The US firm is like ‘YouTube for video games’, but specialises in live video and eSports. Its 23m unique monthly users watch 6bn minutes of video a …