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Grand Theft Auto III is heading to the PS2 classics department on PSN this week. The game will be available digitally this Tuesday, July 31st for $10. The rerelease of Rockstar’s decade-old effort was confirmed during the latest US Playstation Blogcast, along with the launch date (which at the moment …

XBLA sales for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD are off to a solid start. The update to the skateboarding series racked up 120,000 copies sold in its first week, Josh Tsui of Robomodo told Gamasutra. Tsui added that sales have remained consistent since the game’s launch thanks to good word …

Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles for the past week. ArmA II, imbued by the power of its DayZ mod, simply refuses to relinquish its firm grasp on the top of the charts. The aging FPS came out ahead again this week despite some heavy competition in the arrival …

The Entertainment Software Association says it will make ‘a big announcement’ regarding next year’s E3 tomorrow – with a new venue potentially on the cards. E3 2013 is currently without a date, and the show’s traditional home at the Los Angeles Convention Centre is in jeopardy. The LACC’s West Hall …

Russian art-house studio takes to crowd funding craze

New Seattle studio to build mobile games

Cloud gaming service to launch with crowdfunded Android platform

There will be a few surprises for Bond fans when Activision’s FPS 007 Legends arrives this October. It is perhaps to be expected that Daniel Craig will reprise his role as Bond, James Bond himself, given that he lent his likeness and voice to Activision’s 007 duo of GoldenEye and …

OnLive has confirmed it will launch its streaming games service on the much talked about Ouya Android games console. A statement released this afternoon from UK boss Bruce Grove prises the open platform, which famously scored over $5m via crowdfunding on Kickstarter. The device launches officially in early 2013, although …

With a 90 per cent bigger screen, more grown-up design and refined controls, 3DS XL is an attractive new device. But who has the best deal? GAME has a trade-in deal running, where you can hand over your old 3DS and buy the new machine for just 79.99 – that’s …