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UK IT distributors VIP Computers and Realtime Distribution have announced that they are to combine their business operations. The company will berebranded as VIP Computers and will continue to operate from its existingWarrington andHuntingdon offices.VIP Computers is one of the UK’s largestindependent distributors of components, peripherals and consumer products, while …

Former Warner Bros Seattle studio GM joins Epic's UE4 engineering outfit

We still don’t have a release date for Bioshock Infinite, not even a hint of it, but developer Irrational Games today announced the game’s Ultimate Songbird Edition. The highlight of this edition, which according to Irrational’s Ken Levine will be in limited supply, is a 9.5-inch Songbird statue that was …

Tongue-in-cheek strategy puzzler is new studio's first title

UK development powerhouse Rebellion has announced its October DLC for Sniper Elite V2 – and it comes in both free and premium flavours. The free download offers a new multiplayer map and new mode – Dog Tag Harvest. In it players are required to confirm kills by collecting dog tags …

Microsoft is taking ten supercars on a four-day road trip for the upcoming release of Forza Horizon. Entitled ‘Escape The Grid’, the tour will start on October 23rd in Paris, from the Forza Horizon Gymkhana competition and partake in challenges on its way to Top Gear Live in Birmingham, which …

A new James Bond film is not the spy’s only adventure this month. Skyfall arrives on October 26th, but Activision is determined to remind everyone that the spin-off 007 Legends game hits PS3, 360 and PC too on October 19th. A Wii U version of the game is also on …

Phoenix Online’s episodic point-and-click adventure Cognition is now available for preorder for PC and Mac. The game is broken up into four episodes, and a Season Pass makes all episodes available to buyers on release at a discounted preorder rate of $24.99. Post-release, the package will sell for $29.99. The …

This week’s MCV isnow available to download – and it features eight pages on Nintendo’s Wii U. Also in this edition is an exclusive chat with Ubisoft’s Mark Slaughter, plus the full September sales charts. We’ve listed the contents in full below. Download our app now,which includes access to the …

A UK judge has ordered Apple, to publicly apologise to rival Samsung. That comes after it was ruled last week that Samsung’s Galaxy tablet range does not infringe on Apple iPad patents, despites Apple’s court allegations. In Apple’s words the Galaxy line blatantly imitates the appearance of Apple’s products to …