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Best Buy’s James Cooke is the latest entertainment expert to join ERA’s Board. The Entertainment Retailers Association named its six Board members at its AGM last week. GAME’s Alex Vines, Play.com’s David Rimmer, Tesco’s Rob Salter and Asda’s Andrew Powell are re-elected, while Cooke and E-Music’s Madeleine Milne are new …

Those wishing to maximise their Forza 4 experience will want to see a brand new, officially licensed steering wheel that will launch alongside the game. Fanatec’s CSR Wheel was constructed in conjunction with Forza developer Turn 10. It’s made from aluminium, offers force feedback via a silent belt drive and …

While competitors to Apple’s iPad continue to stumble, one company with the potential might to mount a serious challenge has finally stepped up the plate – Amazon. The company, which has already enjoyed amazing success with its Kindle e-reader has today revealed the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet PC, Bloomberg reports. …

Quantic Dream boss blames US marketing execs for perceiving their audience as 'gun-loving red-necks'

For the first time, the Quantic Dream founder reveals how he saved his studio from disaster

Broadcast regulator Ofcom has received 25 complaints following ITV’s Arma II gaffe in a documentary about the IRA. It emerged yesterday that a short video clip sourced from a fan-made Arma II video was presented in a documentary as proof of the IRA shooting down a helicopter. ITV has since …

Sarah Thomson has quit mobile games publisher Glu to join OpenFeint. Thomson will take up the role of director of developer relations and will head up the expansion of the social gaming platform provider’s developer base, the company said. OpenFeint is going through an exciting phase of growth right now …

There are just two days left to get buy passes for London Games Conference at the reduced rate of 229. The November 10th conference has speakers from GameStop, Valve, OnLive, PopCap and many more lined up to talk about the digital games market. And until Friday, September 30th our early …

In celebration of its 25th birthday, Nintendo’s iconic Zelda franchise is to take the limelight at October’s GameCity6 event in Nottingham next month. And chief amongst the planned activities is the transformation of Nottingham Market into a Hyrulean Market Village” straight out of one of the Zelda games. Starting at …

Capcom says freemium game has more than 15 million downloads worldwide