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Apple’s long promised cloud music service iTunes Match has finally been rolled out in the US, albeit two weeks late. iTunes Match is a key strand in Apple’s cloud strategy, letting music lovers scan their libraries and then replicate them on the cloud. The idea is that they can all …

The UK’s second largest mobile operator O2 is set to begin a trial of 4G high-speed mobile internet services in London. The Telefnica owned telco will be testing out the 4G technology known as LTE (long term evolution) which theoretically allows data speeds of up to 150Mb/s.The trial will run …

Four finalists within a shot of winning a UE3 licence

Ferrari Challenge developer Eutechnyx will start publishing games after securing 1.8m in Government funding. The Gateshead-based company has received investment of around 10m altogether. The funding will be used primarily for Eutechnyx to publish their own games including free-to-play online racer and car community Auto Club Revolution. Additionally, the firm …

It might just be the global games industry’s favourite new mantra, but to Valve the concept of ‘games as a service’ is frankly antiquated. Whereas Activision has only just launched its service platform in Call of Duty Elite and EA is barely getting started with Origin, Valve has been serving …

Screen Australia outlines plan to aid both large and small projects

As sure as the sun rises, another day has arrived and with it another rumour regarding the successor to Xbox 360. This time it’s the turn of French site Xboxygen (as spotted by VG247) which claims to have word that the new console will be unveiled at the next CES …

In 1987 Nintendo introduced European gamers to The Legend of Zelda. The title was unique in the way that it combined action, adventure, exploration and even a basic levelling up system. It also introduced gamers to the boy hero Link, the evil king Ganon, the princess Zelda and the land …

It probably won’t last long, but hats off to Warner this morning for toppling Rovio’s Angry Birds from atop of the Apple App Store listings. Warner recently cut the price of the game to 69p – the lowest possible price point for a game on the service. Scribblenauts Remix, which …

The mobile app designed to accompany Activision’s Call of Duty: Elite service has been delayed. The publisher doesn’t want to add extra strain on its service while it is still working to stabilise it in the face of huge user numbers. It had been due to go live last week. …