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Sony announced that a free Skype app will be released for the PlayStation Vita tomorrow. It will be available on PSN via the ‘Media & Apps Social’ category at some point tomorrow morning (April 25th). Once installed it will enable owners to make video and audio calls over a Wi-Fi …

EA has released the first gameplay video for 2013 shooter Crysis 3. In it we see more details about the Domes that now dominate New York. 40 years on from the events of Crysis 2, New York lies in ruins and is segregated into a number of areas by large …

Sports Interactive has said that the piracy levels it has experienced with the Android version of Football Manager Handheld are the worst” it’s ever seen. The Android version was released two weeks ago and has so far suffered a piracy rate of 9:1. The game typically suffers a 5:1 piracy …

Robert Bowling, the former ‘creative strategist’ who resigned from Infinity Ward in March, has launched his own indie games studio focused on digital projects. Los Angeles outfit Robotoki has begun a hiring run and has targeted games for next-gen consoles, PC, and mobile devices. As an industry we have a …

Publisher EA has stated in no uncertain terms that it is actively looking into further acquisitions. The admission comes from an associate of EA’s corporate development group, Carolyn Rohde, on EA blog The Beat. Yes, definitely,” she replied when asked if EA is actively looking at the market to see …

Studio says it will abandon Google's operating system if sales targets aren't met

Activision could be preparing to shock the Call of Duty world with a surprise announcement next week – a near-future setting for the title currently known as Black Ops 2. The hint comes from tongue-in-cheek YouTube show FPS Russian. The latest episode demos a quadrotor RC attack drone that bears …

Q1 revenue boosted by 15% through Zynga activities

Konami has lifted the lid on this year’s on this year’s instalment of its popular football series PES 2013. The game will see the series returning to its roots, with the emphasis on the individual skills of the world’s best players, and giving the player the total freedom to play …

A third PSP game has been removed from the PlayStation Store after it emerged that the title was being used to allow homebrew gaming on Vita. Prior to its removal Super Collapse was being used by hackers to access and run homebrew software Vita Half-Byte loader which, amongst other things, …