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A report from consumer site Gamespot claims to have word that the new Xbox, which will be revealed at this year’s E3, will include some sort of portable tablet component. Given Microsoft’s recent efforts at unification across its Windows, Mobile, and Xbox product lines, it seems clear that the 720 …

Suggestions that we do is poor journalism, company exec claims

US rental giant Netflix has at last arrived in the UK. It debuts in the form of a PS3 app which puts it squarely up against established UK rival LoveFilm, which is owned by Amazon. A Netflix subscription will cost 5.99 a month in the UK, with the first month …

Free-to-play title hits 10 million play sessions per day, dev claims

Kaz Hirai is not on the verge of replacing Sir Howard Stringer as Sony president, the company has claimed. It has been forced into making the statement after widespread reports over the weekend that Hirai, the current head of Sony consumer products, was to be promoted to president at the …

Develop's monthly dissection of a recent hit game

HMV’s retail sales dropped 8.2 per cent over Christmas. It is obviously still a challenging time for the entertainment specialist, but the results are better than they were when the Group last updated the City in December. The results are for the five weeks ending December 31st, 2011. HMV’s improved …

Tim Heaton looks at the relationship between the two

The FreeStyle Games co-founder gets the rapid-fire question treatment

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