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In a new no-holds-bar advertising campaign, supermarket Tesco has declared itself The Home of Gaming”. The ad, carried by CVG, features a picture of a PS3 controller and carries the following claims: The largest number of gaming stores in the UK”393 stores open at midnight for new game releases”Over 10,000 …

Doom designer proposes two years since relationship began

Partners to be provided with MULTI integrated development environment

Jim Veevaert to fill manager role at Seattle studio

Developers divided on impact of new 'premium' royalty charges

Both the GAME.co.uk and Gamestation.co.uk websites have been restored. Some functionality – such as Reward points earning and spending – is not yet active, but will be reinstated soon. Furthermore, other offers such as GAME and Gamestation gift cards will likely soon also be reactivated, despite recent reports to the …

Ahead of the release of Kinect Star Wars next week, Blockbuster has confirmed its intention to run a special midnight event on the night of Monday April 3rd. Held at its Clapham store (24-28 Clapham High Street), the branch will – as well as selling both the game and the …

Law firm Thrings LLP has warned GAME customers that they may never be able to redeem any outstanding gift cards they have from the retailer. This is despite the reinstatement of both the GAME Reward Card and Gamestation Elite Card yesterday. "In essence, the administrator cannot honour a liability on …

Games cancelled amid £54m digital restructure; UK franchises expected to stay strong

Further evidence has come to light suggesting that PlayStation Orbis is indeed the current codename for Sony’s PS3 successor. Kotaku spotted images on the website of design agency Coque Design. These were labelled "Illustrations & Sketches for new PlayStation Orbis features". The showed an EyeToy like device mounted on top …