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As of next month it may be cheaper to buy triple-A releases for PS3 digitally rather than from the High Street. The American PlayStation division has announced an initiative called PSN Day 1 Digital” that will see major releases available to buy through the PlayStation Store on the same day …

The anticipation could hardly be any bigger ahead of the release of FIFA 13 this Friday. EA has revealed that the FIFA 13 demo it released has been downloaded a staggering 4.6m times. That’s an EA Sports record, and it’s also a rise of 42 per cent compared to the …

Poor working conditions lead to 'loss and hopelessness' for thousands of Chinese

New pan-Asian focus helps bring visitors despite Japan industry woes

Microsoft has kick-started its Xfriends competition, where competing on Xbox Live across seven games will give one gamer the chance to walk away with Rs 5 lakh. Games included in the competition are Tekken Tag Torunament 2, FIFA 13, NBA 2K13, Resident Evil 6, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Halo 4 …

Valve’s freshly revealed hardware team will be looking into public beta tests next year for the division’s various prototypes. Sector head Jeri Ellsworth told Engaget that the company is already conducting internal betas for the team’s potential products. Valve announced their intentions to enter the hardware market earlier this month; …

Rare’s fighting franchise Killer Instinct could be back from the dead. Microsoft renewed the IP’s trademark last week; and while they’re not hiding that fact, there’s not a whole lot the company is saying at this point. "We have either renewed or refiled a trademark application in various jurisdictions,” Microsoft …

Telltale has announced the next episode of The Walking Dead will arrive in October. Entitled ‘Around Every Corner’, the fourth chapter in the set of five has been penned by Book of Eli screenwriter Gary Whitta. A specific date wasn’t revealed, but look for it to release digitally on PC, …

Aardvark Swift game recruiter Peter Broughton offers a guide on getting temporary work

Job listing suggests online focus for new branch