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Warner Interactive’s Batman: Arkham City Armoured Edition is to be a Wii U launch day game. The title had previously been penciled in for the console’s launch window”. It will now release alongside the console itself on November 30th. It’s developed not by Rocksteady but instead by Warner Bros Games …

The best thing is, you can’t bury digital games in the desert! Chillingo and Universal have teamed up to bring the Strawdog Studios’ developed title ET: The Green Planet to iOS. It’s available to download for free right now from the App Store. The stumpy, stretchy-necked alien is no stranger …

Consumers asked to fill in survey on playing habits and favoured genres and platforms

How do you appeal to a wide audience AND keep your dedicated brand loyalists happy? It’s a tough juggling act, and one that the vocal internet masses would probably argue that Capcom tried and failed to execute with Resident Evil 6. But Square Enix seems to have conjured what appears …

Upcoming titles such as Halo 4, Forza Horizon and Nike+ Fitness will receive considerable price hikes, Microsoft has informed retailers. Halo 4 will retail for Rs 3,299, with the Limited Collector’s Edition priced at Rs 4,599, while Forza Horizon will be priced at Rs 2,999 for the standard edition and …

Layoffs enacted as owners look to keep developer running as a smaller operation

Tesco’s games buyer Mark Burgess has left the supermarket chain for specialist giant Game Retail. Burgess joins the team as third party physical and digital content manager. I am really pleased to be joining GAME at such an exciting time,”?Burgess told MCV. There is lots of innovative activity taking place …

Gearbox has announced that its Mechromancer DLC for Borderlands 2 will arrive a week earlier than expected. It had originally been scheduled to launch on October 16th. The download will go live on Xbox 360 and PC this afternoon, though it likely won’t arrive on PSN until Sony’s weekly store …

Tablets 'are the ultimate game platform', says Supercell exec

Time is running out to get your LGC ticket at a bargain price. There is just a day left to buy passes for London Games Conference at 199.Until midnight BST, October 10th, our early bird rate lets you get a serious discount. The November 21st conference has speakers from Google, …