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Sony will strike a deal with OnLive or Gaikai at E3 next month for PlayStation cloud gaming, according to reports. The platform-holder will announce a new game streaming service for ‘PlayStation hardware’ at the annual trade show in Los Angeles, according to VG247. It’s not clear whether this service could …

Double Fine project to be released for digital download on PC and console

A senior advisor to the British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the Tory leader spends a crazy, scary amount of time playing Fruit Ninja on his iPad”. The Telegraph reports that the PM has also ordered a special app on his iPad that will give him a management …

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The debut title from Peter Molyneux’s new studio 22 Cans could be released in as little as six weeks. Molyneux’s departure from both his own studio Lionhead and its owner Microsoft was only announced in March, but the iconic UK developer has told Beefjack that work is progressing quickly. He …

Japanese publisher Sega has teamed up with Ron Gilbert’s Double Fine for its next game – The Cave. The publisher says that it’s an adventure game so odd and compelling that it can only be described as odd and compelling”. As Sega continues to expand our digital gaming catalogue, we’ve …

Sony’s PlayStation Network has got three high-profile offers for gamers to buy digitally this week. The BBC’s Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is finally available to buy, as is Sony’s long-awaited PlayStation Move title Sorcery. As if that wasn’t enough, Ubisoft’s new squad shooter Ghost Recon: Future is also available …

Disney’s ambitious Epic Mickey video game returns with a sequel this year, and this time it’s a musical. MCV finds out more from the franchise’s creative director and development legend Warren Spector.. How did you convince Disney to do a second Epic Mickey? Or was it another suggestion from Disney? …

The PlayStation Vita version of Metal Gear Solid HD Collection will be released in the UK on June 29th. Sadly, this means European gamers will have to wait a few weeks for the game to make the trip across the Atlantic – it’s released in the US on June 12th. …