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Specialist retailer Game4U has launched a PlayStation Vita bundle that will include the device along with EA’s FIFA Football title to coincide with the ongoing European Championships. The bundles are available via Gamee4U’s physical and online stores for a limited period across the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi+3G SKUs. The Wi-Fi bundle …

New hire to investigate for game studio's virtual economies

MMO rift to use updated real-time dynamic interactive clothing and soft-body physics effects

British indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs have been unveiled as ambassadors for Microsoft’s Xbox Summer Stadium” sports and entertainment campaign. They have also pledged their support” to Microsoft’s charity partner, Right To Play. As part of the promotion Microsoft is asking fans to log onto their Xboxes at 6pm UK …

A game of Civilization II that has run for ten years has offered a depressing prediction for humanity’s future. Reddit user Lycerius has reached the year 3991 AD and describes the world that has resulted as a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation” ruled by the three remaining super nations …

UK trade body on board as Gold Partner for anticipated awards ceremony

A new 2D shooter from the designer of cult shmup Ikaruga has been confirmed for Nintendo’s 3DS. Called Kokuga, it will be released in Japan on September 7th, Andriasang reports. It is being developed by G-Rev. Chief amongst its features is the capacity for up to four players to engage …

We definitely do not want to piss off our fans by taking [Dead Space 3] too far from horror." That’s according to EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, who has admitted to CVG that the publisher is aware of the less-than-ideal reception its E3 Dead Space 3 trailer received from the …

Supermarket giant Tesco has acquired a 91 per cent stake in Milton Keynes based streaming music service We7. Music Week reports that the deal is worth 10.8m, and that Tesco plans to buy the remainder of the company’s shares in the coming weeks”. The site, which changed from an on-demand …

The studio behind Tony Hawk’s has been enlisted by owner Activision to aid development of Call of Duty franchise. It’s unknown in what capacity the studio is working in, though it is likely to have assumed a smaller, focused role complementing current COD studios Treyarch, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games. …