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Jagex and OM on how to meet the daunting task of voicing an MMO

Microsoft will use tonight’s England vs France clash at Euro 2012 to give its Halo 4 marketing a significant kick-start. The TV premiere of the live action Extended Halo 4 E3 trailer will be shown at half time – or around 5:45pm – on ITV1 and ITV1 HD. It depicts …

Move paves way for introduction of computer science

'Smart toy' outfit secures cash, with contributions from games and anime angels

Where is Grand Theft Auto V? When is it? What platforms will it be released on? Can it claim back its title of ‘biggest franchise in the world’ from Call of Duty? The answers to these questions have been rumoured, suggested, speculated on and debunked over and over since Rockstar …

Deep Silver’s zombie sequel Dead Island: Riptide will have a discounted RRP due to it being the end of a console cycle”. The standard console new release RRP for console software in North America is $59.99. Riptide, however, will retail for $49.99. That most likely equates to a 39.99 RRP …

Retail giant Toys R Us posted a $60m loss for its financial quarter ending April 28th, 2012. However this was a $7m improvement compared to the same period last year, where the retailer made a $67m loss. Net sales reached $2.6 billion, a decrease of 0.9 per cent or $24 …

Developer to expand team with openings for creative directors, senior gameplay programmers and GUI artists

MileNine Studios today launched S.W.A.P,its first game based on an original IP. S.W.A.P is out now for $1.99 on the iTunes App Store, and while it is currently only available for the iPad, an iPhone and iPod Touch version is also in the pipeline. MileNine, with offices in Mumbai and …

Tonight’s episode of Channel 4 show The Secret Millionaire will star CEX founder Bobby Dudani. The successful retail boss will visit Croydon to speak and work with victims of the London 2011 riots in Croydon, which suffered some of the most severe disturbance. CEX itself suffered at the hands of …