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Publisher 2K Games has announced that military shooter Spec Ops: The Line will be released in spring 2012. Players will in the game play as US Delta Force soldier Captain Walker who is attempting to rescue some fellow squaddies in a storm-ravaged Dubai. With all of its grandeur and opulence, …

Microtransactions drive income up 700%, Sony Online Entertainment exec says

Oliver brothers' breakthrough Spectrum game to return

Cult ‘80s retro gaming IP Dizzy is on the verge of a return to gaming. Codemasters’ communications director Rich Eddy has been dropping a number of hints on Twitter this morning, including: In days of old, when games were sold, not on console but on tape, there was a Prince, …

Publisher Activision has had to correct one of the stats it released following the huge success of Modern warfare 3. The company had claimed that the game set a new concurrent Xbox Live user record of 3.3m gamers.But in actual fact the 3.3m figure referred to the total number of …

Servers will shut off in December as active user numbers fall

A new Hitman title is currently in development for Xbox 360 and PS3, but it is now being rumoured that work on a brand new entry in the series for next-gen platforms is already underway. Publisher Square Enix yesterday announced the opening next year of a brand new development studio …

World's biggest social games company may have passed a pivotal test ahead of its IPO

A prominent indie developer has listed extensive criticisms of the BAFTA Game Awards and its organisers. Ste Pickford said the glitzy annual event ‘ghettoises’ the triumphs of small-scale independent work, and is too preoccupied with big-budget triple-A titles. He also claimed the Awards’ genre-based categories are pointless for celebrating the …

Ste Pickford calls for end to 'big-budget preferences'