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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. …

The latest issue of MCV is now available digitally, and it features a blockbuster interview with SCE Group CEO and president, Andrew House. We also take a look back at E3 and deliver our verdicts on the best games on show. The magazine is available for iPad. Download our app …

But Neversoft yet to reveal whether it will be working on a new entry into the series

The Humble Indie Bundle V has finally screeched to a halt, raising $5.1 million and selling almost 600,000 bundles. The package defied tradition by gathering some of the highest profile indie titles of recent years, even going so far as to include Pyschonauts, a title from Tim Schafer’s studio Double …