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Handheld reaches milestone after 98 weeks

The closure of the Jersey tax loophole last year has been blamed for the end of Play.com as we know it. The retailer has confirmed that it will from March 2013 become a marketplace-only service, allowing customers to sell goods via their site with Play taking a slice, much like …

Warner Bros has announced the first Lego game set in the Marvel universe – Lego Marvel Super Heroes, set for release later this year. Developed by TT Games, the accomplished studio behind previous Lego games, Lego Marvel Super Heroes will feature several popular Marvel heroes and over 100 unlockable characters …

'Games are starting to look like an instance of some larger experience', says Newell

The 1990s. The Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive. The Game Boy and the Gamegear (or the Atari Lynx, if you like). If you were one of the millions of people that owned one of former pair and one of the latter pair then congratulations, you still fit the bill …

Crowdfunding website raises $320 million in total with over 18,000 projects funded

Intel Developer Blog: The computing giant offers its predictions for 2013 as a year of tech

PC peripheral firm Razer has at last detailed its gaming tablet, which is now going under the name of ‘Edge’. It was first revealed a year ago under the name Project Fiona. The high-end device will run Windows 8. At the heart of it is a standard tablet that can …

Industry veteran says he was drawn to the UK because of its talent and financial benefits

Yesterday’s reveal of the long-awaited Steam Box wasn’t quite what it seemed. Yes, Xi3’s Piston is certainly going to be ‘a’ notable Steam Box. But it’s not ‘the’ Steam Box, the details of which Valve boss Gabe Newell has revealed to The Verge. We’ll come out with our own [hardware] …