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Demand soars for next-generation tablet

Microsoft has confirmed that it has upped the cap for the number of Gamerpoints that downloadable Xbox Live titles can offer to gamers. Until now titles sold through the XBL arm of Xbox Live always offered 200 GP spread over a maximum of 20 Achievements. This has now been upped …

As stated by MCV yesterday, the widespread belief that GameStop will swoop to acquire part or all of GAME could yet prove wide of the mark. Although GameStop can still confidently be regarded as the front-runner, The Financial Times has named two other would-be suitors – Hilco and OpCapita. Hilco …

Game Developers Conference organizers have revealed record attendence numbers for this year’s go-round of the annual industry event. Some 22,500 made their way from all over the world to attend panels, test out new tech, discuss the industry, and more during the conference in San Franciscolast week—a 17 per cent …

The Onimusha franchise is making a comeback, and as it turns out it won’t be on any consoles —nor as a downloadable title. Nope, Capcom has revealed they will make Onimusha Soul their first swing at browser-based games. Soul is the first game in the RPG series since 2006, which …

Onimusha Soul the first instalment in the series since 2006

Valve plans to include viewable library and better screenshot support

Landmark event smashes last year's count of 19,000

The day one DLC for Mass Effect 3 is not already on the disc as some have claimed, EA has stated. A YouTube user has supposedly proven that all of the content from the paid-for ‘From Ashes’ DLC is already sitting on the Mass Effect 3 game disc and could …

Customers, developers and the press are all responsible for 'an appetite for sameness', says Chris Hecker