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The man who is credited with fathering the modern video games industry has delivered a damning verdict of the modern games market. Ralph Baer, who in the ‘60s designed the prototypes for went on to become the world’s first console, the Magnavox Odyssey, is displeased with the violent nature of …

Developer BioWare has released an image of its mystery new title. The game itself will be revealed at the Spike Video Game Awards in December. Until then, this image (which can be seen below) is all consumers have to go on. As you can see, it features a crashed vehicle …

Having already stayed up to the early hours to welcome Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, retailers are getting ready to do it all again. This Friday sees the release of Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and GAME and Gamestation will once again be opening their doors just before midnight …

It’ll be revealed at E3 2012. It’ll be revealed at E3 2013. It’ll have an in-built tea-maker and be powered by fairy dust. The truth is we just don’t know what’s happening with the new Xbox right now, but a previously reliable source has leaked what he claims to be …

After what has felt like a long, long wait Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is finally here, and the games press is unanimous for its praise. Infinity Ward may have changed, but its standards haven’t, delivering a consistent 60fps, zero controller latency, explosive set-pieces, robust multiplayer and military …

Develop catches up with the Unity engine's co-founders after a busy year for the middleware firm

[In association with Ubisoft] We ask those at the forefront how the industry is changing

[In association with Ubisoft] The french publisher speaks out on an industry it helped create

Last night was cold. And wet. Yet such is the UK public’s lust for digital warfare that thousands took to the streets at midnight last night to be amongst the first to own Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The UK’s official launch event was held at GAME’s Oxford …

The UK’s leading games retailer GAME has said that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which is released worldwide today, is its most pre-ordered title ever. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the most popular game for pre-orders that Game and Gamestation have ever seen," GAME spokesperson Anne-Marie Mason …