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Ongoing rumours suggesting Vivendi is considering selling owned publisher Activision have once again resurfaced. Bloomberg reports that a decision will be made at a senior executive meeting this month. The most likely option is a sale of its 60 per cent stake in Activision Blizzard. It adds that Vivendi has …

There’s only one day left of E3, but fear not – the next big games show is only two months away. Gamescom will return to Cologne’s Koelnmesse on August 15th and runs until August 19th. And this time it will be even bigger – 140,000 square metres bigger to be …

Indie developer Ustwo looks to have walked headlong into a fresh PR disaster following an unpopular update to its smash hit iOS app Whale Trail. One-star user reviews are flooding onto the game’s App Store page after a recent update added in-app purchases to the game. What has irked users …

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The UK games industry may be visiting America for E3 this week, but some firms are establishing a more permanent foothold over the pond. UK accessories vendor Gioteck has taken further steps to conquer America with a new distribution partnership. The firm has teamed up with US company Solutions 2 …

Cloud gaming provider OnLive has not given up hope of its iOS app going live – despite submitting it to Apple six months ago. The iOS OnLive app was revealed at E3 2011 and very much pitched as a key part of the package. When used in conjunction with OnLive’s …

Messages posted no Nintendo’s new social media Miiverse could face a delay of around 30 minutes before appearing online. President Satoru Iwata has said that the company will employ people, or human resources” as he describes them, to actively moderate messages posted to the network. The attraction of a social …

Peripherals specialist Lygo is giving members of the games industry the chance to win Turtle Beach headsets during the upcoming Euro 2012 tournament. To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is sign up to Lygo’s trade-only ‘The Turtle Beach League’ on the official Euro …

Microsoft Game Studiosâ?? Phil Spencer lifts lid on company's perspective on streaming

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 …