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With plenty of hype ahead of its release, the new trailer for Hitman: Absolution had a lot to live up to. And it certainly delivers! Be warned, if you’re below the age of 18 please steer clear – there’s plenty of gore here. And let’s not even begin on the …

In a move that will rock the next generation of console gaming, Sony is close to agreeing an acquisition of a high profile cloud gaming firm, MCV understands. It was reported earlier this week that Sony was to reveal a partnership with a cloud gaming firm – specifically either OnLive …

A new survey of gamers in Europe claims to have the first clear view of the continent’s games market, including boxed and digital stats. The Interactive Software Federation of Europe this morning unveiled its new GameTrack survey, backed by Activision, Disney, EA, Microsoft, Namco Bandai Games, Sony, Take-Two and Ubisoft. …

37 per cent of the UK population has played a game in the last 12 months. That’s according to Ian Bramley, senior director of Ipsos Media, who today shared some key insights into the reports his firm is now compiling for the Interactive Software Federation of Europe. This morning, the …

Film, game and advertising creative talent Ben Hibon joins animation production house

THQ today announced the latest installment in its WWE franchise – WWE ’13, with CM Punk revealed as the game’s cover star. The single-player campaign will be based on the WWE’s popular ‘Attitude’ era. The campaign will focus on eight WWE stars from the ‘Monday Night Wars’ era, including Stone …

Edinburgh Interactive will be bringing an event based on the popular BBC 2 show Dragons’ Den to the Edinburgh Interactive Festival on the 9th August. The event, titled ‘Thare Be Dragons’, will take place at The Radisson Blu Hotel on the Royal Mile and see budding games entrepreneurs present their …

THQ has confirmed that the Wii U version of Metro: Last Light is no longer in development”. The game was one of many to appear in Nintendo’s E3 2011 show reel intended to demonstrate the wide third party support for Wii U. It’s not in development [at the moment],” THQ’s …

The first plausible pictures of what will likely be called the iPhone 5 have appeared online. 9To5Mac claims to have obtained the snaps from smartphone repair company uBreakiFix. The main star is the larger screen that stretches from one side of the device to the other without a border. The …

A PS3 ebook strategy will be unveiled by Sony at E3, MCV understands. It will be called ‘Storyteller’ and will see PS3 – and possibly Vita – used to present interactive documents and books, with a particular focus on children’s content. This content will form another sub-section of Sony’s PlayStation …