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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 …

The first mass market Wii U TV ad went live this week – as part of a campaign as big as the first Wii’s launch. The ads started appearing yesterday (October 17th) after the successful debut of the sampling tour last month, with a 60-second ad airing during Saturday’s X …

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Chinese technology manufacturer Foxconn has admitted hiring children as young as 14 to work in its factories. Reuters reports that Foxconn has admitted to the discovery some interns” at its Yantai plant who were aged between 14-16. Said the company: "This is not only a violation of China’s labor law, …

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The studio currently working on PlayStation Vita release Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified is to abandon the console gaming sector. It’s also undergoing a rebranding, adopting the new name nStigate Games. It will in future be focusing on digital and mobile titles. It claims that no jobs will be …