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John Broomhall catches up with Forza 4's car audio specialist

The first reviews of EA’s Battlefield 3 have gone live ahead of its release in the US tomorrow (October 25th) and in Europe on Friday (October 28th). EA’s long awaited shooter currently has an impressive Metacritic average of 94 per cent. Once players step out of that troop carrier and …

The World of Warcraft steam train just keeps powering on with developer Blizzard announcing at BlizzCon 2011 this weekend that a fourth expansion for World of Warcraft is in the works. And perhaps the game is going a bit doolally in its old age – the expansion is set to …

We look at how Relentless crafted the first Unity-authored Kinect game

Device uses Kinect camera to create illusion of users interfacing with 3D objects

Valve’s Portal 2 has this afternoon claimed the most coveted prize at this year’s Golden Joystick Awards. It walked away with the prestigious Ultimate Game of the Year accolade, though there were plenty of others winner crowned too including the likes of Angry Birds Rio, Gran Turismo 5, FIFA 11, …

Story mapper 'can help game writers organise arcs and flow'

SOE to celebrate milestone with promotional items and events for users

New iPhone app tracks game's collectables via an interactive map

With just one week until the game’s official release in the UK on September 28th, EA has released the official launch trailer for Battlefield 3. It has it all – plot details, shooting, melee, hand-to-hand, lots of explosions and plenty of tense music. You can watch it below: