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Two very different types of board games arrive on shelves to day, courtesy of Nintendo and EA. The former continues its traditional board game series with Mario Party 9, which mixes up the classic formula with boss battles and new mini-games. Meanwhile, EA revives its snowboarding series SSX, challenging players …

Boxed games distributors are torn over whether supplying stock on a consignment basis is beneficial to the industry. The practice – where retailers can stock products without owning them until a sale is completed – has become a tempting option for retailers with limited funds.GAME, for one, has had to …

We look at the 2D focused tool from YoYo Games

News Corp-owned Skybet last night invited punters to lay down money on what features they think will be included in the upcoming iPad 3. But only hours after going live, the firm decided to pull the plug. Bets on offer included whether the iPad 3 will feature a Retina display …

The consequence of GAME not stocking Mass Effect 3 could be 2m of lost profit and a 6-7m drop in revenue, one analyst has predicted. Working on the assumption that a decent triple-A title sells 0.8m-1m titles in the first few weeks of release in the UK and assuming GAME …

The mutually beneficial relationship between Facebook and Zynga could soon become more complicated, with the Farmville creator ready to launch an eye-catching games portal that exists outside of the social network. Zynga.com, which will launch in beta this month, will host a range of popular Zynga games as well as …

A trio of Silent Hill games will suffer slight delays, publisher Konami has announced. Silent Hill: Book of Memories, Silent Hill: Downpour, and the Silent Hill: HD Collection will all still be available in March, but later in the month than their originally targeted launches. Downpour will now hit Xbox …

Sony has revealed it will spill the beans on a group of unannounced Vita titles during a web broadcast the company will hold at the end of next week. The broadcast is titled ‘Welcome! PlayStation Vita Game Heaven,’Andriasang reports. According to the announcement, the broadcast will have information on unannounced …

EA has revealed it has ceased development and support of Battlefield 3: Aftershock, following recent reports that the company pulled the shooter franchise spinoff from the App Store in response to negative reviews. Customers had specificially being complaining of connection issues and unusable controls. "In the interest of bringing consumers …

With the hugely anticipated The Avengers almost here, Disney has released Marvel: Avengers Alliance for Facebook today. The game is an incredibly deep and expansive look into the Marvel universe, and has the potential to be a major player in the current cavalcade of Facebook games coming from top tier …