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Xbox Live is launching a handful of various entertainment apps in select countries this week. Major Nelson has announced US subscribers can now sign-up and download Rhapsody’s streaming music app as well as Blip.TV, a service that broadcasts popular web series. Users in the UK and Germany gain access to …

Free-to-play company gets social games team for Beijing studio

Nintendo has announced a variety of items as part of today’s Nintendo Direct presentations, including launch targets for several first and third party titles. Wii Fit U will launch in the first half of 2013, and as announced at this year’s E3 will come with the Fit Meter electronic pedometer. …

Wasteland 2 was funded by the masses, seeks art from the crowd through Unity

End of Nations moved in-house by publisher Trion Worlds

Social games bets on US legalizing online gambling

US-based publisher expands its European presence and overseas potential

A company that believes it has the answer to a console-less gaming future has announced the successful capture of $6m in series A funding. Green Throttle believes that the successor to the console is already amongst us – our smartphones and tablets. And its plan to exploit the situation is …

UKIE and TIGA welcome first details of government scheme

Namco Bandai’s popular RPG series Tales has passed the 15m unit shipped milestone. The most recent release Tales of Xillia 2 on PS3 has itself shipped 480,000 units since its Japanese release at the beginning of December. The IP first debuted way back in 1995 when Tales of Phantasia was …