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Iceland is only 40,000 square miles in size, and its population – and therefore its retail landscape – is even more consolidated. Civilisation in this volcanic land is focused around the capital city, meaning that publishers, retailers and distributors alike can concentrate their business on this one area to efficiently …

EA has revealed that Xbox 360 users who utilise Microsoft’s Xbox Live Cloud save system may face issues importing their Mass Effect 2 save data into Mass Effect 3. BioWare’s RPG series is particularly notable for the fact that it allows users to import save data from previous games, meaning …

THQ is being sued by Adidas for $10 million after it failed to bring keep-fit title MiCoach to market, according to reports. TheOregonainclaims that the sports giant has filed a lawsuit through the Multnomah Country Circuit Court in Oregon, US, for breach of contract after a deal signed in December …

Controversy as Polytron director Phil Fish publicly ridicules modern Japanese developers

The US release Mass Effect 3 in the US overnight has been met with universal and gushing praise from video game critics. It’s a fitting end to the trilogy, although it’s not the leap that Mass Effect 2 was from the original,” CVG concluded in its 9.4/10 review. There’s a …

Crytek, the Frankfurt headquartered triple-A studio famous for its work on PC and console, has revealed its first dedicated smartphone title. The new project, called Fibble Flick ‘n’ Roll, is a physics-based puzzle title that is due for a Spring 2012 release. Crytek has not yet announced a smartphone edition …

The Kinect version of Halfbrick’s popular game Fruit Ninja has been downloaded 1 million times via Xbox Live Arcade. The figure comes less than a year after the game’s XBLA launch in August 2011. "Hitting 1 million downloads for XBLA is an awesome achievement," said Phil Larsen, chief marketing officer …

VIDEO: Filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky swamped with praise

Did the Ubisoft CEO conceive the idea of Kinect as a Child of Eden controller? Tommy Francois believes so

Being acquired has its perks, insists the CEO of Ubisoft-owned Finnish studio