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A Durango – or next-gen Xbox 720 – development kit that was touted for sale online looks to be real. Digital Foundry has been in contact not only with the man selling the kit, but also with a number of other development sources – all of whom corroborated the hardware’s …

After what seems like an eternity of legislation limbo, PEGI age ratings for video games have become law in the UK today. UKIE has done a great job of getting decent coverage of the achievement on the BBC this morning – all the more impressive considering the blanket reporting of …

While official confirmation is sparse, it appears there’s a lot going on with Dead Island developer Techland. The dev recently filed a trademark spotted by Siliconerafor a ‘Dead Stop’ game product which specifically applies to mobile phones and portables. There’s also rumours swirling around a Dead Island sequel entitled Dead …

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