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Konami announced today that the first playable demo of PES 2013 will be available on July 25th. The first demo will showcase new key features and lets gamers play with eight fully licensed teams. Available teams include England, Germany, Portugal, and Italy for European football and Santos FC, SC International, …

High-performance PC gaming brand Alienware has launched an online gaming tournament for the Asia-Pacific region, which will be hosted on AlienwareArena.com. Aside from India, Alienware Game Victorious 2012 Battlegrounds is also open to competitive gamers from Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Japan and China. The tournament is designed to …

'As a small independent, paying so much money makes no sense at all', says studio

AskAboutGames.com, a website designed to educate parents and families about video games, is online once more. The site has been relaunched by trade body UKIE to coincide with PEGI’s debut as a legally enforceable ratings system, which is due to occur on Monday, July 30th. It will feature information on …

David Darling and Ian Baverstock also set to speak at London event

New Microsoft OS to launch this autumn

EGLS expresses shock at accusations that it ripped content for its latest mobile game

Sony’s Gamescom conference will take place on August 14th at 7PM local time (6pm our time). The event will take place at Staatenhaus am Rheinpark in Cologne. Sony tends to make big announcements at Gamescom. Previously, major games and hardware revisions have been announced at the show. Insiders suggest this …

Re:creation has confirmed the release of its hotly tipped Halo 4 die-cast vehicles. The Jada Toys collection will launch in the UK this august, with Re:creation handling distribution duties. The five die-cast vehicles include the Mongoose (12.99), Ghost (14.99), Warthog (19.99) and Banshee (24.99) from Halo 4, as well as …

Dead Rising 2 developer trims seven per cent of employees due to 'unsuitable fit with studio goals'