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Activision has been making moves regarding an apparent new game entitled The Blast Furnace. Fusible reports (via Shacknews) the company filed a trademark application for the title on April 18th. The application covers ‘computer game software’ and an ‘on-line computer game.’ Additionally, DomainNameSales reported a sale of theblastfurnace.com just a …

Bethesda has revealed Skyrim’s first add-on Dawnguard. The company announced on their blog that the epic action-RPG’s debut DLC is set to arrive this summer for Xbox 360. Curiously there’s no mention of a PS3 or PC release in the short post. The only other detail provided in the announcement, …

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Interim CEO Patrick Bach weighs ups and downs of next-gen second-hand sales

Max Payne 3 will be followed up with a slew of DLC packages, and gamers can pre-purchase all of them with a Rockstar Pass. Publisher Rockstar Games promised new multiplayer maps, modes, items, characters and more in the months following the shooter’s Xbox 360 and PS3 release on May 18th. …

PlayStation Vita owners will at last get a chance to buy a new boxed release for their console this Friday. Warner Bros has confirmed that the PlayStation Vita version of Mortal Kombat will be released for the handheld on May 4th. It is released in the US today. The same …

Filesharing website urges users to circumvent ruling and write to local MPs and ISPs

Online independent games retailer Hitari has added a raft of new services after partnering with Royal Mail and DPD. It says doing so has allowed it to process orders and dispatch video games to its customers quicker than before. Parcel delivery firm DPD has been assigned as Hitari’s ‘preferred courier …

Retail, specialist press and the PlayStation Access team have been recruited to push Sony’s latest PS3 shooter Starhawk. The main focus of the campaign so far has been pre-orders, with various special bundle packs available at specific retailers. The platform holder has booked in-store marketing and ads in lifestyle and …