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The next installment in the Starcraft II trilogy is set to arrive on March 12th, with Blizzard opening up pre-orders for standard and digital deluxe editions starting today. Blizzard solidifies the target date after noting last week in its financial report that the company hoped to launch the expansion sometime …

Sony has announced Playstation Plus will be made available on Vita this coming Monday. The November 19th launch of the premium service on Sony’s latest handheld will pack access to the Instant Game Collection, a list of AAA titles available for download through the Playstation Store – though the feature …

What your article says is right. We were not prepared for the numbers that hit our app. "I can be as proud as I like about how hard people have worked and how quickly they’ve implemented a completely new server system – it’s miraculous – but at the end of …

Molyneux tweet reveals post release 22cans push on cube tapping iOS game

Long-serving Microsoft exec Harvey Eagle has this week been appointed the new marketing director for Xbox UK. Eagle was previously Interactive Entertainment Business Category Director across the EMEA region, working for Jeremy Dale. Prior to that, he has been a key member of the EMEA Xbox team for the last …

New reseller deals secure facial animation outfit a road into Asia

Microsoft is to chop up previous full release Kinect Sports: Season Two into smaller, downloadable chunks. Specifically, three of the game’s individual events are to be made available for 240 Microsoft Points each – Darts vs Zombies, Ski Race and 3 Point Contest. Each will offer a total of 50 …

Swrve raises $6.25m to fund product development

John McAfee, the millionaire founder of McAfee Anti-Virus, is on the run from Belize police after his neighbour, Gregory Faull, was found murdered. Faull died of a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. The 67-year old claims to have hidden from police, who were looking to question …

Retailer Blockbuster has ventured into the world of digital publishing with a brand new iPad, Android and Kindle magazine. Covering films and games, it’s free to download and contain lots of rich media such as embedded video, interactive content and interviews. The publication is produced in-house and obviously links through …