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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 …

Deep Silver apologises for bikini-clad torso

3DS and Wii creator Nintendo will merge its handheld and console teams in Japan as part of what Japanese paper Nikkei calls major organisational changes. The move comes amid a fast-changing games hardware marketplace once ruled by Nintendo but now shared with a range of devices from both traditional competitors …

Last night, Disney revealed Infinity, its most ambitious gaming project, and one that aims to bring several popular Disney and Pixar IP under one creative gaming platform. Infinity games will be available across multiple devices, such as PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC as well as smart mobile devices …

San Francisco developer starts off 2013 with a bang