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'Kids today don't make a distinction between the screens they're playing on', says Insomniac boss

Wednesday March 7th at 6:00pm GMT – that’s when we’ll finally find out what Apple has in store for the third generation of its iPad. There are many sites devoted to nothing but Apple rumours, but for those without a spare two weeks to catch up with every morsel of …

There’s more bad news on the High Street today with conformation that Choices UK owner The Webb Group has been entered into administration. Francis Graham Newton and Paul James Bates of BDO LLP were appointed as joint administrators last Friday. The Group was the home of nine brands – Choices …

Stock in browser games giant buoyed by launch of games platform and prospects of entering online gambling

Marvel has confirmed that Captain America will be the last of its licenses to be published by Sega. No reason was given for the fact that there are no current plans for additional Marvel games to be published by Sega, though the critical maulings received by the likes of Captain …

Credit card sized computer garners interest from Middle East

A host of new game announcements to keep the Xbox 360 fire burning far ahead of E3? Whether that screams of a next-gen announcement at E3 at June or not is purely down to your discretion. But it’s certainly of interest to note that execs at Ubisoft have been keen …

Magicka developer working on 2.5D multiplayer action title The Showdown Effect

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 …