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Tomorrow will see the launch of Start, a new YouTube games channel by IGN Entertainment and TV producers Shine Group. Start will be produced and curated by IGN, and will kick off with five new weekly shows that have been put together with the help of Shine’s Reveille Productions, the …

UK supermarket chain Morrisons has cut the price on a number of console SKUs, according to reports. The 160GB version of the PlayStation 3 is now available for 150 with the 250GB cut to 200 – the latter price has been verified by MCV from a North London store rep. …

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Develop talks to NaturalMotion about the opportunities of high-end free-to-play

The boss of PlayStation France has stated that Sony is likely to be the last of the platform holders to announce a new console. That’s according to a translation via OPM which quotes CEO Phillippe Cardone as claiming: Sony is under less pressure than it’s rivals and will probablybe the …

PlayStation 'under a lot less pressure to go next-gen'

Social giant Facebook is set to file for an initial public offering in a deal which could value the company as much as $100bn. The Wall Street Journal reported that the SEC filing for a public offering of stock could come as early as Wednesday this week. The offering is …

Susan Panico quits; Replacement not yet announced

Capcom’s popular fantasy law series Ace Attorney is getting a brand new fifth outing, the publisher has announced. In addition, the first three games in the series are to get an HD-enabled re-release on Apple’s iOS platforms – or more specifically, the iPhone 4 and iPad 2. The three titles …

YouTube videos suggest Redlynx's next XBLA game is already out in the wild