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Microsoft’s $99 subscription Xbox 360 trial could be coming to the UK and Europe. The offer was rolled out to select American retailers last month. It sees gamers pay just $99 up front for an Xbox 360 console on the condition that the sign up to a two-year Xbox Live …

The Halo 4 Limited Edition Xbox 360 console bundle, which was revealed by 343 Industries at San Diego Comic-Con, will be available in India, Microsoft India has confirmed. The Indian price for the Halo 4 bundle, however, is yet to be decided. The bundle will retail for $399.99 in the …

'Rooting the device won't give you any more access to the software', claims Julie Uhrman

Valve’s business management director has claimed that Steam’s frequent price promotions do not have a negative effect on the sale of full price software. If that’s what we thought was happening, or that’s what we saw happening, we wouldn’t do it,” Jason Holtman told PC Gamer. Actually, all the data …

Analyst says Activision forced creation of Pro Controller

Left 4 dead 2 to be first game rolled out on open operating system

Merchandising deals can make Sonic the Hedgehog as iconic as Hello Kitty. Sega is knuckling down on its four major IPs as part of its recent restructure, with priorities to push into digital and licensing. For Sonic, the latter means signing up more third parties to make associated toys, clothing …

Mars Rover Landing is currently available for free on Xbox Live for owners of Kinect. The game is a joint project between NASA and Smoking Gun Interactive. It sees players guide the Mars Rover through the Martian landing sequence using a gesture-controlled interface. It can be found as part of …

Portal 2 has become the latest video game IP to storm the fan-lead LEGO Cuusoo process. Cuusoo allows fans to vote on proposed LEGO projects. Once a proposal hits 10,000 votes it is officially presented to a panel of LEGO adjudicators who either green light or veto its move into …

Lionhead’s creative director Gary Carr has confessed that the internet backlash to Microsoft’s E3 2011 reveal of Fable: The Journey had a bit effect on the Guilford studio. It destroyed them,” Carr told CVG. You get very excited when something is very embryonic, and when you’re building something at its …