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Nvidia chip lauded for bringing 'console quality graphics' to platform

Andy and the studio consider a third project, and sign a promising new contract

The global digital games market will more than double over the next five years to $53 billion, a research company has claimed. In the report, business analysts Ovum said revenues will grow at an annual rate of 17 per cent from $24 billion at the end of 2011. It also …

Everyone may be recovering from the Modern Warfare 3 launch party, but that’s not the only game that saw retail go all out to draw in fans. Below are photos from some of the midnight openings for last month’s smash hit Batman: Arkham City. The activity was sponsored by the …

Tegra 3 'brings home computer power to mobiles'; New tech allows for 'all-day gaming'; Flash 3D acceleration supported

Ahead of the possible release of concrete numbers later today, Activision has claimed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the most pre-ordered game ever released. Of course, this puts the title on track to break the sales records set by immediate predecessor Call of Duty: Black Ops. Pre-orders …

Finally getting your hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is great. Things like jobs and kids and gardening preventing you playing it is not. So retailer Gamestation has offered a helping hand in the form of some suggested text messages posted on its Facebook site that can be …

Company to focus on HTML5 support, sources claim

Mobile gaming to triple in value to more than $17.5 billion, says Analyst firm

UK publisher Focus Multimedia dominated the budget market in October 2011, achieving its largest ever market share in a single month. The firm accounted for 31.4 per cent of all budget PC software sales in terms of units, according to last month’s GfK Chart-Track report. By contrast, Focus’ nearest competitor …