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All launch copies of God of War: Ascension will come with access to a playable demo for The Last of Us, Sony has announced. However, that demo will not be included on the Ascension disc. It will be released at a later date and will have to be downloaded. The …

A new consumer website has launched that intends to offer unrivalled coverage of downloadable digital games content. It’s called dlcentral.co.uk and is run by freelancer Nathan Irvine. Irvine’s a familiar face to many in the industry following his successful eight year stint at Future publishing where he began at PSM2 …

Hilco’s bid for HMV’s debt was not the highest on the table, it has been claimed. The Telegraph reports that the eight-bank syndicate of lenders including RBS and Lloyds who are owed the bulk of HMV’s outstanding debt feared that their reputations would be tarnished were they to turn the …

Normand Corbeil dies from pancreatic cancer aged 56

HMV now looks very likely to survive on the UK High Street – at a price. The Daily Mail reports that Hilco could close around half of HMV’s 223 UK stores in the hope that a streamlined version of the chain can live on. It’s the same strategy that the …

Developer Michael Hegemann has released his take on the hugely popular Slender Man game Slender. Called Slender Rising, the 1.49 download (a free version is also available) follows the template laid down by free PC outing Slender in that players are tasked with finding pages scattered throughout both the Cursed …

Montreal and Toronto-based studios to get investment and development support

Storied filmmaker and Valve boss to keynote annual industry summit

Ubisoft has confirmed a pretty amazing inclusion in its freshly revealed Splinter Cell Blacklist Collector’s Edition SKU. Called the Paladin Multi-Mission Aircraft Edition, IGN reports that the $169.99 SKU is headlined by a dual-motor radio controlled versions of the Paladin airplane used as a base by gruff hero Sam Fisher …

Sony is to release two new colour variations of its PS3 console in the UK. The new Garnet Red and Azurite Blue versions both come in 500GB flavours. Both include two Dualshock 3 controllers. Both SKUs are due for release on February 15th and will be priced along the same …