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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 …

Independent UK website TheSixthAxis is attending E3 for the second year running, serving its hungry audience’s demands for the latest games news. TheSixthAxis started as a passion project for two friends but has attracted a steadily growing audience and consistently adds new writing talent to a team of dedicated volunteers. …

Microsoft has revealed a brand new limited edition racing-focused Xbox 360 hardware bundle for the US. The SKU includes a 250GB console, a copy of Forza Motorsport 4 and Microsoft’s brilliant first party wireless racing wheel. It costs $299.99 – that’s the same price as the current 250GB bundle in …