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A Battlefield: Bad Company television series is in the works from Adam Sandler’s production company Happy Madison. Deadline reports Sandler’s company is developing the show based on EA and DICE’s franchise with help from Alias executive producer John Eisendrath along with Sony Television. The action comedy series is to be …

Dead or Alive 5 is in stores now, and after about two weeks of entries, it’s finally time to announce the winners of our contest. We’ve got one Xbox 360 and one PS3 copy of Dead or Alive 5 to give away and we asked you to answer one simple …

Creative process needs driving 'Steve Jobs' figure, says Dean Hall

Indie of the month contest offers developers launch support, optimisation, and more

Scam scores big with free games, conceals dangerous permissions

The Ohio State Marching Band clearly knows a thing or two about video games. And marching. And banding. This remarkable half-time show from a few days ago blends many of gaming’s most recognisable IP – Space Invaders, Mario, Tetris, Zelda – complete with authentic music and dazzling choreography. Clearly it’s …

Apple has officially responded to the iPhone 5’s purple flare” issue in the usual way – it’s blamed its customers. Hot on the heel of both iOS 6 Map-gate” and this phone scratches far too easily-gate”, the purple flare” problem is the latest to set Apple’s forums alight. Users have …

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Modders have unearthed a host of hidden files on the Resident Evil 6 game disc that demonstrate the presence of future DLC on existing copies of the game. They show that the game will at some point offer a new difficulty mode – No Hope – as well as additional …

Credit card payments usurp virtual currency as default transaction method