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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

Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 hits the UK High Street tomorrow – and retail has pegged it as a significant release fit for the discount treatment. HMV is selling the game for 37.99 outright or for just 7.99 if you trade-in either Starhawk, The Witcher 2 or Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon …

Mind Candy to offer 'new take' on smash-hit DS title

Clash of games industry's finest settled with tense tie-breaker as indie super-team secures coveted trophy

Burnout developer searching for software engineer to 'implement inter-operation' with PS3

The ultra popular Games Media Awards will return this autumn – with a new category, judged by an award-winning journalist, recognising pure writing skills. The Games Media Awards will take place this year on Thursday, October 18th and returns to the super chic Vinopolis, Bankside. Gold Partners supporting the event …

Sometimes the games industry can get too caught up in willy waving with other forms of entertainment. But this week comparisons with cinema are fair, if only to remind us how rough things are for games retail at the moment. The UK’s boxed software market has generated 320m this year, …

Developer Mind Candy has confirmed it is hard at work on the sequel to the record-breaking Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo. The firm says the next title will offer a ‘new take’ on the online kids phenomenon when it arrives this year. It follows news that Moshling Zoo has toppled Nintendo’s …