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A first of its kind Blue Wii will be released on November 18th in the UK, Nintendo has announced. The new hardware will be bundled with a copy of Sega’s Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Nintendo has also said that a number of other fun Wii …

DanceStar Party is sponsoring the third series of ITV2’s ‘reality’ TV show The Only Way Is Essex. It’s part of Sony’s 1.5m campaign to promote the new title which arrives on Friday, October 21st. Ads are running during the TV show’s ad breaks. It airs at 10pm on Sundays and …

EA founder and former Apple director pays tribute

GAME insists it has nothing to fear from digital retailers after backing Xbox Live, PSN and streamingservice OnLive. CEO Ian Shepherd dismissed the notion that he was giving away customers to these digital rivals by promoting them, and reiterated the firm’s strategy to become more than just a retailer. We’re …

Non-gamers are now in the minority as over half of everyone in the UK play video games, a new report has revealed. The UK’s resident population is estimated at around 62m, and 32.9m of those say they play iPad, Android, PlayStation and Xbox games online. The findings were published in …

Bethesda has released a patch for id’s latest shooter, RAGE, fixing a number of bugs and adding graphics engine settings "due to popular demand." Legendary gaming pioneer John Carmack enraged a number of PC gaming faithful by saying: "We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games" …

The Guardianhas publishedan guide to UK iPhone 4S mobile tariffs, concluding that some two-year contract deals are cheaper than buying the new iPhone outright on a SIM-only contract. "The entire phone contract field is a thicket," wrote Guardian journalist Charles Arthur. The conclusion that two-year contracts are better than SIM-only …

The new releases are coming thick and fast but nothing this week is able to stop FIFA 12 claiming its second No.1 of the year in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Incredibly, FIFA 12’s second week on the market is so big as to claim 13th in …

Apple’s Covent Garden store was the victim of a smash and grab raid this morning after at least seven moped riders broke the front window and made off with goods. Two men have since been arrested by the Metropolitan Police. Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information after a smash-and-grab …