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Having conquered the world with hit indie PC hit Minecraft, famed developer Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has revealed a bold idea for a future title. PC Gamer reports that the Swedish developer wants to make a sandbox space trading game like Elite – except done right”. Where it would differ from …

Sony has confirmed rumoured new PS3 title LittleBigPlanet Karting. The game is being co-developed by ModNation Racers dev United Front Games, which is currently also working on Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs – the title formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong. LittleBigPlanet dev Media Molecule is also working on the …

Five per cent of earnings should go towards other crowd-funding projects, says Brian Fargo

Rental specialist Blockbuster is offering a 4.99 trade-in deal on tomorrow’s release Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Customers wishing to take advantage of the deal need hand over a copy of one of the following titles – Mass Effect 3, FIFA Street, Twisted Metal or Street Fighter X Tekken. For …

But Atari and NCsoft confirm no-show; Blizzard and Nexon yet to decide

Retail giant GameStop has said it expects to open international stores opportunistically while keeping square footage flat”. The statement comes as behind-closed doors negotiations between GAME and other companies continue ahead of its move into administration in nine days time. For Q4 the retailer suffered a 3.6 per cent drop …

More than 90 digital entertainment firms from around the world set to attend Paris event

An exclusive short film based on new iOS release Angry Birds Space will get its first airing on the UK this Friday (March 23rd) at 6pm. It ties in with today’s global release of Angry Birds Space. The film is exclusive to Nickelodeon and tells the story of how the …

Up to £10 million made available at low interest rates to encourage small business growth

The pressure is on for action RPG Dragon’s Dogma as Capcom aims to make its newest IP a global smash hit. Videogamer reports that the publisher is targeting global sales of at least 10m units – no small feat considering how many Japanese-developed titles struggle to reach such heights in …