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Ubisoft is splashing out over 4m in the UK to make Assassin’s Creed III one of the biggest Christmas games. It is the most expensive marketing spend in Ubisoft’s history and funds a campaign that spans more than three months, rivalling support for titles such as FIFA and Call of …

EA Playfish VP of global studios heads up Helsinki branch

Sega has finally announced a concrete release date for anticipated PC and Mac release Football Manager 2013. The Sports Interactive game will be released in the UK on November 2nd. Furthermore, those who pre-order the title (either the digital or physical version) will be rewarded with early access to a …

As it goes on sale in the UK this morning, EA has announced a record-breaking debut for FIFA 13 in North America. The publisher estimates that the Xbox 360 and PS3 SKUs between them sold 353,000 – a 42 per cent year-on-year increase. The game was also released for Wii, …

Nearly 300 GAME stores opened their doors last night for what is likely to be the biggest game launch of 2012 to date. The release of FIFA 13 this week is likely to propel the market to its highest level of the year so far, so retail was naturally keen …

Day Z creator Dean Hall has a real sense of urgency when it comes to getting a standalone version of his popular ArmA II mod into players’ hands. Speaking duing a panel at Eurogamer Expo, Hall revealed that it isn’t a question of wanting to get the game into players …

EA Sports has announced the cancellation of NBA Live 13. The decision marks the second time in the last few years that EA has canned its NBA sim in the eleventh hour. That said, the studio has plans for the franchise next year. "Having continued to look at the game …

Zynga has taken a hit in regards to the publisher’s community numbers thanks to Facebook implementing measures to remove fraudulent ‘Likes’ from its pages. Tech Crunch reports the firm, along with many other companies on the social network, saw drops in fan numbers after Facebook went about weeding out fake, …

New studio looking for developers, artists and programmers for next iteration

Minecraft developer would rather 'the game not run on Windows 8 at all than play along'