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The UK’s leading retailer Tesco has reported its strongest Christmas in the UK for three years. Like-for-like sales were up 1.8 per cent in the six weeks ending January 5th. Online food sales were the star, climbing 18 per cent. It’s a fantastic turnaround for the supermarket, having reported a …

The next-generation of consoles will be a huge commercial success according to a new report from the International Data Corporation. A new report entitled Worldwide Video Game and Entertainment Console Hardware and Packaged Software 2012-2016 Forecast reckons that the new offerings from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft will stand largely unchallenged …

US Vice President to discuss solutions to gun violence with NRA and game and entertainment industry

SouthingtonSOS claims victory following media frenzy

Steam Box could get a little brother

Orgainzers of Child’s Play have revealed over $5m was raised during 2012 for the games industry charity. The figure marks the biggest year yet for the organization, topping 2011’s then-record-setting $3.5m by a wide margin. "We are overwhelmed, honored, grateful, and incredibly proud to be a part of such an …

En Masse and Bluehole Studio have announced their subscription-based MMO Tera will be jumping on the free-to-play train. The switch is expected to be flipped sometime in February, less than a year after the game’s launch. A new item store with real money transactions will arrive alongside the Tera: Rising …

Community members of Southington, the Connecticut town that made news last week when it revealed the blueprints for a program to collect and destroy violent video games, have announced they no longer plan to proceed with that portion of their mission. We succeeded in our program," spokesman Dick Fortunato told …

Low-end device 'expected for late 2013 release'

Indie developer Mike Bithell responds to a Develop story on the number of UK IGF nominations and why it doesn't matter where indies come from, live, or have their laptops plugged in