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Imangi will once again partner with Disney to bring a standalone Temple Run title to mobile devices, this time tying in with the corporation’s upcoming film Oz: The Great And Powerful. Disney France PR rep Cecile Fouques took to twitter to announce a February 27th release date. The tweet was …

The PlayStation 4 will launch in Japan and North America this year, but in Europe (and consequently, India) in 2014, a new report has suggested. Sources close to the development of the new Playstation and Xbox consoles have told Edge that the complexities involved in European distribution are to blame …

Game Informer’s latest issue is set to take the lid off of The Witcher 3, in all of its next-gen glory. A leaked cover shot of the latest Game Informer magazine (by way of Polygon) reveals the game as: "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. A must see next generation RPG." …

The third game in the Skylanders phenomenon features characters that can transform. Skylanders: Swap Force comes with 50 new toys, 16 of which can be split in two and mixed together to form different Skylanders combinations. In a demo shown to MCV, a water character called Wash Buckler was given …

German company passed on studio because it didn't want Darksiders IP

Studio behind PlayStation All-Stars and console holder part 'on good terms'

Pieces of Fun looking for $400,000 to fund 'easy-to-use' development tool Worlds of Wander

Latest model of microcomputer only available in Europe at present

Sony may be looking to break with tradition with the PS4, but one old habit could rear its ugly head. As was the way with the launch of PS3, which launched in Japan and North America in November 2006 but didn’t arrive in Europe until March 2007, Edge believes that …

Former Zynga boss to lead new development fund