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Facebook is making big strides towards creation of its own smartphone, if a report by The New York Times holds water. According to the report, Facebook employees, engineers, and others familiar with the matter say that the company has made major additions to the group already working on ‘Buffy’ (the …

The Activision versus former Infinity Ward devs Vince Zampella and Jason West case has unearthed yet another interesting nugget, a hard number of nearly $500m in bonuses passed from publisher to developer. To elaborate, $493m over eight Call of Duty titles has been paid to Infinity Ward by Activision since …

Valve has reported the top ten selling titles for the previous week. Dead Island grabs top honors thanks to a 60 per cent off mid-week sale. ArmA II continues to thrive thanks to its DayZ mod, taking the runner-up spot as a follow up to its out-of-nowhere rise to number …

As PC sales break 6m combined sales bring indie hit near 10m

Battlefield 3 takes Best Game of the Year prize

Stainless and GOG team up, providing original game free to backers of $25 or more

Microsoft and Warner Bros have announced Harry Potter Kinect for Xbox 360. The game will recreate a number of the key scenes from the seven books (or eight films, if you prefer) and see players casting spells by mimicking the famous wand-flick action with their hands. Also expect to be …

Valve writing duo Erik Wolpaw and Chet Faliszek reflect on a 25-year friendship

Derby-based video games accessory manufacturer I-Globe has entered liquidation. The firm was best known as once being the exclusive accessories supplier to High Street chain Blockbuster, though has had little exposure at UK retail for some time. It’s website has been taken down. There has been no activity on its …

Sega has announced that cult Dreamcast hit Jet Set Radio is coming to PlayStation Vita. The game will be shown off to the public for the first time at E3 the week after next. It boasts HD visuals but doesn’t alter the popular original soundtrack, which will be present and …