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SCEE this evening revealed more details about the February 22nd launch of its new handheld games device. PlayStation Vita will come with 11 first-party launch games the firm announced at a London briefing this evening. The firm’s Sony Worldwide Studios Europe Michael Denny claimed that the line-up is one of …

Blizzard, Halfbrick and Slant Six to take stage

Tutors include Rhianna Pratchett and Naomi Alderman

Company admits the role of Flash 'will change' as HTML5 progresses

The global launch the Star Wars MMO could trigger a mass-exodus of World of Warcraft subscribers, according to new analyst data. Lazard Capital Markets has downgraded Activision Blizzard’s stock from ‘buy’ to ‘neutral’ after a recent survey found that more than half of existing World of Warcraft subscribers have grown …

Activision Blizzard stock downgraded to neutral after worrying survey results

Warner’s Batman: Arkham City has gone live on streaming games service OnLive in the US. The retail version of the PC SKU is also available to purchase via EA’s Origin store and GameStop’s Impulse Driven service. A free playable demo is now available on the UK arm of OnLive. It …

The market is in a curious, contradictory state.Going by Chart-Track numbers, the UK boxed market has just had its highest-grossing weekend ever, but not by selling the most games. More games were sold in the comparable 2010 week than the last. So what’s going on? Games are doing better than …

Sales for the DC Universe MMO has jumped sevenfold in around twenty days since the game turned free, according to new data. Microtransactions for virtual goods has driven the game’s growth, with a flood of new players accessing the title. PS3 users make up a half of all the game’s …

Game creators 'unfairly discouraged from joining rival networks'