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Chief creative exec says key EA brands must diversify for different platforms

Steve Kordek, the pinball machine pioneer whose creations had fuelled the coin-op industry for decades, has died aged 100. Chicago-born Kordek is widely believed to have designed the iconic two-flipper pinball machine. He passed away on February 19th. He had designed more than one hundred different pinball board layouts for …

Thirty-minute interview provided by Two Player Productions

BioWare fans looking for the complete Mass Effect 3 experience face an alarming outlay. Destructoid totted up the added cost of buying every pre-order incentive and every piece of DLC available across the market. And in Mass Effect 3’s case, many DLC offers come only as part of hardware bundles …

We speak to the creators of Indie Game: The Movie about their documentary, and round up the most important game engines

Sony has placed a free episode of American cartoon series South Park on the PlayStation store for Vita owners. Currently the 12th, 13th and 14th seasons of the TV series can be downloaded to Sony’s machine, with the first episode of the 12th series (found under the South Park Uncensored …

UK gamers will today be given the chance to grab a copy of Mass Effect 3 far ahead of its release in the territory on March 9th. As it has already done in San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York, EA will launch a copy of the game into space …

Nine top-forty entrants with two games top of the pile

Creator of the two-flipper table leaves treasured legacy

Generation Media reveals the best performing video game TV ad campaigns of last year, including marketing for 3DS and THQ’s uDraw. As 2011’s only major hardware release, it’s no surprise that Nintendo’s campaign for the 3DS was the largest of the year. Spreading the campaign across 22 weeks, however, meant …