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Not even Disney execs would deny the ‘inspiration’ the company took from Activision’s Skylanders when thrashing out its design for Disney Infinity. And indeed, who could blame them? MCV reported last week that Skylanders has grossed over $500m in the US in the last year. But Activision is playing it …

New title based on a range of iconic characters to be released on console, mobile and online

The cost to the UK video games market should HMV fail to find a buyer could be as little as four per cent. That’s thanks to HMV’s relatively small share of the UK games market. Nonetheless, its demise would theoretically leave the High Street with just a 16 per cent …

Sameer Baroova to coordinate with developers for content on GameStick and the PlayJam Games Network

HMV boss Trevor Moore may have delivered an upbeat message to journalists yesterday, but administrator Deloitte has warned that it’s a tough market for entertainment retailers at the moment. The retailer is burdened by around 200m of debt and still seems to be appealing to the goodwill of suppliers in …

Telltale Games’ episodic adventure game The Walking Dead was the surprise hit of 2012, picking up several game of the year awards, and if you weren’t too keen on a digital purchase, you can now buy it on disc in India. The PS3 version of The Walking Dead is now …

New restructured division to investigate future platforms to satisfy both DS and Wii users

Irrational Games has revealed the various PC-specific features that will be available for Bioshock: Indinite in a detailed post on the studio’s official blog. In-depth keyboard/mouse and controller options In the controls department, Infinite will let players customise key bindings, and the absence of artificial mouse smoothing will allow users …

Developers to chronicle efforts to get Team Fortress 2 running in headsets

Injustice: Gods Among Us is set to arrive on PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360 on 19th April, publisher Warner Bros has announced. The superhero brawler, created by Mortal Kombat studio NetherRealm, features an all-star cast of superheroes from the DC universe beating each other to a bloody pulp. It’s …