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Gearbox’s iOS Borderlands spin-off has at last been detailed and given a release date of October 31st. Borderlands Legends, as it is to be called, is an isometric top-down action RPG that stars the same characters who starred in the first Borderlands. Entertainment Weekly reports that unlike the console/PC game, …

Specialist games retailer Game4u has launched its own digital downloads service for PC and Mac games; the first of its kind in India. The service is currently in beta and includes around 250 games. Of the major publishers, only EA titles are currently available, as are several lesser known games …

Angry Birds: Star Wars. Angry Birds: Rio. Angry Birds: Green Day. Angry Birds: Heikki. And Nasa. Now we can add McDonalds to that list. Psfk reports that Rovio has teamed up with McDonalds in Japan to release specific location-based levels for Angry Birds available only in the fast food restaurants. …

Horror title to live on as open source project, claims creator Dakan

The 3DS is failing to perform as expected in territories outside of Japan, Nintendo has conceded. The handheld’s struggles played a big part in Nintendo’s decision to downsize its profit forecasts by 70 per cent. Net sales for the six months ending September were down 6.8 per cent at 200,994m. …

Heiko Hubertz has left his role as CEO as German online gaming giant Bigpoint cuts over 120 jobs. However, intense competition and the expense of paying employees in San Francisco – the second most expensive city in the US – has led Bigpoint to conclude that developing games in the …

Assassin’s Creed 3 is only a week away from release, and if you’re yet to preorder it, you have various options to choose from, each offering different preorder bonuses. Distributor E-xpress Interactive is offering three DLC packs in all, although all three won’t be available with all retailers. Here are …

The iPad Mini. Well, that’s not a surprise, is it? But the new iPad 4? We admit – we had no idea that one was coming. But first the new machine. The new mid-range device boasts a 7.9 inch screen (compared to the iPhone 5’s four inch screen and the …

Social games publisher Zynga has closed 13 of its studios resulting in the losss of around 100 jobs. The news was relayed to staff in a company-wide memo by CEO Mark Pincus which Zynga public relations reps also shared with the press. Specifically, the firm plans to: – Close down …

The release of the Xbox SmartGlass app will coincide with the launch of Windows 8 on 26th October, Microsoft has announced. The app will initially be available for download on Xbox 360, and will subsequently be made available for smartphones and tablets. Once that happens, you’ll be able to control …