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Sony has announced a new title for Vita that it no doubt hopes will do for Vita what 2006 DS outing Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training did for Nintendo’s machine. Called Smart As, it is described by XDev Europe’s assistant producer Nick Accordino as a social brain-training experience”. Smart As is …

October event to present new Games Writer of the Year prize

That it outperformed the market” will likely not completely appease GameStop’s shareholders after the company reported a 12.5 per cent decline in like-for-like sales for its fiscal Q1. Total global sales fell $280k to 2bn. Net earnings for the quarter fell slightly to $72.5m. Pre-owned sales suffered a slight decline, …

Speakers to include Gearbox president Randy Pitchford and EA DICE head of sound Carl Wikman

Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision, personally ordered the hacking of computers belonging to former Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Jason Zampella, court documents allege. The operation was referred to internally as ‘Project Icebreaker’ and was designed to uncover any potential dirt that could be used as grounds to …

West and Zampella targeted in employee surveillance operation - firm considered 'mock fire drill and fake fumigation'

'If there was no structure things would run completely amok' claims Kim Swift

Online only UK retailer GameStop has slashed the price of pre-owned consoles on its website. As a result a second hand Xbox 360 Slim 250GB machine can be had for just 129.97 – that’s a 70 saving over its new price. A pre-owned PS3 Slim 250GB has been cut to …

A brand new trailer for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be aired this Saturday during the Champions League final. CVG doesn’t say whether the short will be shown at half time or after the match. Nor do we know if we’ll get to see any new gameplay …

18 game development jobs to be created at new Dundee base