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Former Future publishing exec James Binns has announced his new new publishing company Network N. Here he writes about the launch of PCGamesN.com: what’s changed, what’s big and what gamers really want… The game has changed. We all know that. Audiences changed, playing fewer games for longer, demanding more. Games …

The future of GAME’s Norwegian and Swedish stores has been saved following its acquisition at the hands of Nordic Games Holding. The deal secures the future of GAME’s 44 Swedish stores and 11 Norwegian outlets, as well as the associated online shops in both regions. 270 jobs have been saved …

Insomniac Games has announced that a new fun-sized” Ratchet & Clank game for PS3, titled Ratchet & Clank: QForce, is scheduled for release this Autumn to celebrate the franchise’s ten-year anniversary. In the US, the game will be called Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault and will be available digitally …

The signs are pointing to an acquisition of Gaikai at the hands of Sony. Yesterday MCV exclusively revealed that Sony was on the cusp of purchasing a high profile cloud gaming firm, thought to be either Gaikai or OnLive. Now this morning Gaikai has sent out invitations to journalists for …

Sega has announced its E3 2012 line-up, revealing what titles will be on display by the publisher during the conference next week. The games roster includes Aliens: Colonial Marines, Jet Set Radio, The Cave, Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, and more. The company …

EA has confirmed the rumoured Battlefield Premium service, following a pair of leaks surfacing earlier on in the day. Reports started pouring in early Wednesday of the EU PS Blog mistakenly listing (and then quickly removing) ‘Battlefield 3 – Premium’ in the latest post. Later on, a fact sheet revealing …

Sony at one point considered, but ultimately rejected building the PS4 as a download-only console, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Sources ‘familiar with the matter’ shared that the company has opted to go with an optical disk drive model after the digital-based console concept was turned …

Polish developer CD Projekt RED, best known for The Witcher series, today announced Cyberpunk, a futuristic triple A” sci-fi RPG based on Mike Pondsmith’s Cyberpunk pen-and-paper system. Cyberpunk is being worked on by a second team at CD Projekt RED, headed by veterans of the two The Witcher games. Like …

The latest game to benefit from the PlayStation Pub Fund is Guacamelee, a side-scrolling puzzle platformer from DrinkBox Studios. Described by studio COO Graham Smith as a Mexican-themed co-op-multiplayer dimension-swapping Metroid-vania beat-em-up platformer”, Guacamelee is headed to both the PS3 and PS Vita. Smith promised that the game will leverage …

Hideo Kojima’s Fox Engine will power the future of the Pro Evolution Soccer series on next-gen consoles. Fox is a multi-platform engine designed by the studio behind the Metal Gear Solid series. It went into development after the developer shipped Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots in 2008. …