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Apple has revealed record sales numbers for the new iPad launch. The latest in the tech giant’s line of tablets has sold 3 million units since launching last Friday, March 16th. Apple released the new device across 10 countries simultaneously. "The new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold?the …

The BBC has completed the roll out of iPlayer across all games consoles – with today’s launch of the service for Xbox 360. This means the BBC content service is now available on Wii, PS3 and 360. On 360, the app comes with Kinect-ready voice and gesture functions. It’s taken …

Samaritan demo possible 'right now'

Five games ported for Android in latest offering from indie bundle

Penguin to launch first 'Willow the Whale' e-book title in October

Multiple interested parties vie for Omgpop buyout, report claims

Farmville company wants to expand across platforms

World of Warcraft could yet be released on iOS, providing developer Blizzard can find a way of acceptably mapping the MMO’s controls onto touch screens You’ve got to put an interface, what do you do?” WoW senior producer John Lagrave told Eurogamer. Maybe we’ll stumble on the great way to …

New casual games sensation hits 12.2m daily active users

'Retake Mass Effect' campaign raises $67,000 for charity