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Sequel racks up 210 million sessions and more than 1,775 years of gameplay

Mega, the new file-sharing site from controversial figure Kim Dotcom is now live. The portal is a replacement for Megaupload, which was taken offline last year following pressure from copyright holders. However, Dotcom argues that the new site is just as legitimate and has the right to exist as Dropbox, …

Successful applicants will have chance to win a BAFTA 'Ones to Watch' Award

Who will move first in the next-gen battle? It’s the question on everyone’s lips in the games industry right now. Established opinion seems to veer toward a PS4 in the surprisingly near future, but speaking to The Times – and widely reported across the games press – Sony boss Kaz …

Look, we don’t really understand this stuff. But there’s noise coming from people that do which suggests this latest Xbox 720 tech leak is the real deal. The numbers come courtesy of VGleaks. We shan’t try and editorialise these – just take a look at the list: CPU:– x64 Architecture– …

Temple Run 2 has amassed 20 million downloads on the iOS platform in less than a week, and of that impressive figure, 6 million downloads were witnessed on the very first day. The popular endless-running sequel is available as a free download for iOS devices, with players able to extend …

Partnership brings games to Japan through DeNA's Mobage platform

Ubisoft has announced the Splinter Cell: Blacklist will arrive on PC at the same time as its console counterparts. The publisher recently pushed back Blacklist from its spring release window to 20th August, but going by past trends, we doubted whether this date would apply to the PC version. Ubisoft …

Next-gen console to feature 8 CPU cores running at 1.6ghz, 8gb DDR3 RAM and 12 shader cores

The retail price for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has been revised downward to Rs 3,499, distributor Origin Games has announced. While Rs 3,499 may still seem a little steep, that’s quite a drop from the Rs 3,999 price that Origin had earlier announced. Origin has also confirmed that Revenegance will …