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Codemasters hopes to take F1 2012 to the masses with its TV campaign. Speaking to MCV, F1 brand director Hayley Holland said the plan is to take the game to ‘beyond the core audience’. With this year’s new gameplay mode that eases players into the F1 experience, F1 2012’s media …

CentreSoft is this week celebrating 30 years of trading in the games industry. A true stalwart of the UK video games channel, the Birmingham distributor made its first delivery in 1982, the same year that the Commodore 64 home computer went on sale. Since that time, CentreSoft has been an …

The new super-slim PS3 is to be joined at retail by an invigorated PS3 Essentials range. A wide assortment of first and third party titles will be released at retail for around €19.99 a piece. Many of them will also be available to download from PSN with prices starting at …

Aspiring developers 'more interested in joining publishers' than creating games themselves

So far our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, has looked at various ways into the industry through traditional job applications. Today, we look at one of the options available for university graduates. Eutechnyx’s head of recruitment Erin Turnbull tells us about the studio’s graudate scheme, the Level …

Ubisoft’s limbless platforming hero has made a comeback over the past twelve months – and as of today he’ll show iOS and Android gamers why. When the Wii arrived in 2006, Rayman was upstaged by the lobotomised, initially funny and now far-too-prominent Rabbids and their cartoonish mini-game collections. But in …

Two rounds of free DLC have already been pencilled in for PES 2013. The first will be made available on launch day – which is this Friday, September 21st incidentally – and adds three licensed stadia as well as updates and kits for 37 of the licensed clubs. It will …

Start-up's 20 employees join San Francisco branch

F1 2012 can be yours for just 29.99 – as long as you’re a member of the Blockbuster VIP Games Club. The scheme, unveiled in May, doesn’t just reward consumers for spending cash – although they will earn 100 points for every 1 spent in-store and online – but they …

Developer to build brand new game from the ground-up with its own tech