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The successor to the Xbox 360 will be six times as powerful as the current machine, fresh reports suggest. IGN claims to have word from sources close to the project” that its GPU architecture will be based on the existing Radeon HD 6670 card. That card, which was launched in …

Market statistics show the UK’s toy industry generated sales worth a total of 2.96 billion in 2011. The figures were released by research firm the NPD Group at this morning’s Toy Fair, and also showed a three per cent year-on-year increase in the industry’s value. By contrast, the UK’s video …

Trade group UKIE pledges to push ahead with PSN and Xbox Live charts

Industry body UKIE has announced a digital chart for PC games will be published next month, two years after it began the project. It’s the first measure of downloadable video game sales and UKIE says it will be continually improved in the months ahead. The basic PC chart – which …

Director dies aged 66 after battling stomach cancer

But little evidence suggests ACTA would enforce censorship

New rush of support for Steam rival

Processor co-designed by IBM and Global Foundries, report claims; Massmarket production 'a year off'

Preloaded to develop online reference service

GameStop says the closure of its Northern Ireland stores is merely part of its already announced plan to exit the UK brick and mortar market. GameStop Group’s commercial director Michael Finucane, who oversees the business in the UK and Ireland, this morning told MCV that shutting three stores this week …