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Rick Gibson looks at the latest attempt to take TV gaming off the ground

Keep next Tuesday night free – GAME will be opening its doors to welcome the unconventional Wednesday release of Assassin’s Creed III. The flagship event will take place at GAME’s Stratford Store which will be transformed into a scenic replica of the game’s winter wilderness, complete with Redcoats who will …

80 US cities will this Christmas play host to a brand new store concept from GameStop. Called GameStop Kids, the outlets will focus on brands such as Angry Birds and Hello Kitty, with accessories and toys taking as much of the spotlight as video games themselves. The first GameStop kids …

Flagship Xbox series is a 'three billion dollar franchise', claims Phil Spencer

Jonatan Soderstrom asks for torrent to be updated after bug fixes are made to the original release

Rockstar is to add to its Grand Theft Auto iOS library by releasing 10th Anniversary Edition of GTA Vice City. The studio has already enjoyed success on Apple and Google’s mobile platforms with former DS and PSP hit GTA Chinatown Wars and PS2 classic GTA III. The release will apparently …

It is a myth that the market for kids’ video games is declining. Tie-ins for the latest Cartoon Network IP or Disney movie may not be selling in the same numbers as they were ten years ago. But video games have long outgrown its role as another piece of SpongeBob …

Could there be a bigger sign of the changing times? Call of Duty’s position at the top of Major Nelson’s weekly Xbox Live Top Ten is and has been a given for years. It measures the most popular games according to unique users logged into Xbox Live. But this week’s …

World's richest company rakes in $8bn in profits as it sells 27 million iPhones

There are dozens of title heading to Wii?U at launch, not just on November 30th but in the weeks and months that follow. James Batchelor offers a round-up of some of the biggest titles on the way NINTENDOLANDPublisher: NintendoDistributor: OpenContact: 01753 483700 A collection of 12 mini-games based on hit …