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Xseed has announced The Last Story will finally launch in North America. The action RPG is set to arrive August 14th on Wii for $49.99, the publisher toldIGN. It released in Europe some six months ago, and has been out for well over a year in Japan. Pre-order is available …

A PC release announcement for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD has been provided courtesy of Activision. The downloadable title will be making its way onto PC ‘a few weeks’ after its launch on XBLA to kick of Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promo. Meanwhile the PS3 release on PSN is still …

Valve's in-engine video editor released to the masses

The Witcher franchise has sold over 4m units across all platforms, developer CD Projekt Red has announced. The number was reached based on combined sales of The Witcher on PC and Mac and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings on PC and Xbox 360. "I’m still amazed with the result …

COO next in line to take reigns at publisher, claims source

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Scientific charity giant launches 'Gamify Your PHD' to promote biochemistry and engage with games makers

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A proposed console based on the Android operating system with a price of under $100 could soon be a reality. A new start-up developing the Ouya console has already secured private funding, but sought an additional $950,000 via crowd-funding site Kickstarter. It reached its goal in just eight hours, and …

PlayStation Pub Fund title Papo & Yo will finally see the light of day this August as part of the PlayStation Network Play 2012 promotion. The PSN-only puzzle-platformer will be accompanied in the promotion by three other new releases – movie tie-in The Expendables 2: The Video Game; long awaited …