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Microsoft Game Studios’ corporate VP Phil Spencer has admitted that the future of gaming lies in the clouds. While an expected deal between Sony and a major cloud gaming firm has yet to be announced, platform holders are for the first time admitting that the model as we know it …

Next game to star extravagantly expensive experiment in 'the psychology of monetisation'

At E3, Sony announced the Instant Game Collection, which will see PlayStation Plus subscribers receive ten full games for free. These freebies are now available on the Indian PlayStation Store. Of the ten games available, three will be rotated on a monthly basis, which means you’ll have three new games …

Oh Peter. Outspoken creative experimenter Peter Molyneux has confirmed that his next game will contain DLC… that costs 50,000. His first project post-Lionhead is Curiosity. It’s a virtual room that contains a single black cube. Players can then tap away at the cube with a chisel, causing fractures. Fractures caused …

Games mags X360 and 360 Magazine have been merged by publisher Imagine. The change takes place immediately, with the X360 brand chosen as the identity with which the pair will move forwards. Having been involved with both magazines throughout the last five years, it would be fair to say that …

Nvidia has announced that it is bringing its latest Kepler graphics architecture to notebooks via the GTX 680M mobile graphics processor. The Kepler technology is already available in desktop graphics cards, and the GTX 680M will be Nvidia’s top-of-the-line GPU for high performance gaming with low power consumption on notebooks. …

Ubisoft’s survivial horror game ZombiU is a key launch game for Wii U, but the publisher isn’t ruling out the idea of bringing it to other platforms. Speaking to IGN, a Ubisoft exec said the game could potentially be ported to Mcirosoft’s new Xbox SmartGlass technology or the cross-play between …

But Yosuke Hayashi is confident the challenge will fuel a change for the better

Side-scrolling mobile platformer Smell Raiser is available for iPad and iPhone free of cost for a limited period. Smell Raiser features one-touch gameplay spread across three environments with Retina display support on iOS devices. The game features leaderboards and achievements via OpenFeint as well as social networking support with Facebook …

Gaikai boss David Perry has denied that his company is in talks with Sony over either a streaming games deal or a takeover. MCV reported last week that Sony was close to agreeing a buyout of a streaming games firm. Gaikai then appeared to become the front-runner after issuing a …