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GAME’s communications boss called me earlier. I am not a popular person at the retailer’s Basingstoke HQ right now. And for good reason. I’ve had hate mail from some of GAME’s 6,000 employees this morning. I am not a popular person at the retailer’s 600 shops right now. And for …

New device could cost £500; Launch date expected in Q2

Giant Japanese social and mobile gaming network makes opening play on Western markets

Year-on-year numbers up 96% across January and February; Free directory listing on offer

Home Retail Group has revealed that its Argos chain suffered an 8.5 per cent decline in like-for-like sales for the eight weeks ending March 3rd. Overall sales fell 7.7 per cent to 480m. The numbers were apparently driven by the continued weakness in the consumer electronics market”. 12 stores were …

The rumoured NeoGeo portable is real and will launch in Q2 2012. UPDATED: New picture and revised game list. Video game accessories and retro console specialist Blaze has struck a deal with Japan’s SNK Playmore and US distributor Tommo to bring the NeoGeo X handheld console to market. It will …

Days before walking away from both Microsoft and his own studio Lionhead last week, Peter Molyneux admitted that the public were too quick to judge Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect technology. It’s just like any piece of new technology or invention, whether it’s a bike, a motorcar, or a flying machine. …

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that the hotly anticipated Diablo III will be released on PC and Mac on May 15th. The game will be released simultaneously across the globe and can be purchased either from retail or directly from Blizzard’s Battle.net website. Alongside the English language version the game will …

The latest Transformers cartoon series is to receive an accompanying video game from Activision. Transformers Prime will be released for Wii, 3DS and DS at some point later this year”. The associated cartoon series first hit US screens last year and debuted in the UK on Cartoon Network last month. …

Publishing contract for alleged Xbox 720 game 'fell through'