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Government expresses concern over Amir Mirza Hekmati's health and lack of legal rights

Retailers have praised publishers for daring to release titles outside of the traditional Q4 sales bonanza. Q1 2013 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in the industry’s history, with major sequels in the Tomb Raider, Devil May Cry, Dead Space, BioShock, Metal Gear and Gears of …

A retail listing for a 3DS version of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask has appeared – and quickly disappeared – from GAME’s website. It was spotted by NintendoLife, which claims the listing also briefly featured on the Gamestation site. Majora’s Mask is a sequel to the famed Ocarina of …

Devs can implement leaderboards, achievements and game syncing through GameCircle

A seven-inch Google tablet with Vita-like physical controls that costs less than a Nexus 7? That’s the promise from Archos, whose new ‘GamePad’ hopes to be the ideal offering for those who want the flexibility of a tablet PC and the usability of a portable games machine. The device houses …

Japan developer also forms partnership with Gree to bring series to mobile

Develop talks to those leading the charge in one of the world's most productive dev hubs

The Guardian has joined forces with London Games Festival to run its own series of events. The broadsheet will host a session on changes in reader tastes and games journalism, advice for aspiring games writers and tips on how to code the Raspberry Pi. The Guardian’s award-winning games team will …

2K Games’ indie-only Borderlands 2 Top Trumps promotion has proved a big hit on the UK High Street. The video games themed card game is limited to 5,000 copies and will never be released at retail. It will be made available to those who pre-order the game through retailers who …

Another Star Wars game appears to be in the works, though not much concrete info to pass along beyond that. Fusible reports Lucasfim has filed trademark applications as well as obtained domains for ‘Star Wars: First Assault.’ ‘Interactive video games’ are among the multimedia application categories for the filing, though …