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This week we take a look at recent TV advertising activity for games and find out which campaigns have been most successful. This information is provided by specialist communication firmGeneration Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. Games and consoles TV advertising saw a week-on-week decline for the first …

PlayStation Vita owners will still be able to enjoy multiplayer games with PSP owners across an ad-hoc connection. A Sony website states that anyone who downloads a PSP title on their Vita via PSN will still be able to use the multiplayer functions with both other Vita users and those …

Discussing its upcoming shift of focus for PlayStation Home, the platform holder has demoed a couple of the new titles heading to the service. And Shack News reports that one of them – Bootleggers – is a free-to-play fist person shooter that lets gamers take direct control of their Home …

Highly anticipated PC RPG Diablo III plays even better” with an Xbox 360 controller, says the game’s director. Jay Wilson told PC Gamer about the challenges Blizzard faces of working on its first console port, as well as its advantages. One of the reasons why we’re exploring the idea of …

Codemasters’ F1 2011 is in pole position as a convoy of new releases race onto UK shelves. This year’s iteration of the best-selling racer builds on the phenomenal success of F1 2010. Highlights include revamped online multiplayer modes, a co-op championship mode and updated rosters. Meanwhile, 505 Games steps into …

Activision-owned developer Neversoft is working on a first-person shooter for the publisher. The California-based studio is better known for producing the Tony Hawk skateboarding games and more recently the Guitar Hero music titles, before Activision scrapped the IP earlier this year. A number of jobs are now being advertised on …

Global sell-off sees EA down 5%; Activision down 3%; Take-Two down 5%; THQ down 8%; Ubisoft down 1.5%

FIFA 12 finally arrives in the UK next Friday (September 30th) but EA Season Ticket holders have been told they can start playing tomorrow (September 24th). As of tomorrow night at 6pm Central European Time, the game will be available to download from Xbox Live. Additionally, Season Ticket holders will …

Expenses curb surging revenues; Market panic clouds IPO bid

Casual games giant and CityVille publisher Zynga has reported a slight slow down in growth for the first time in its history during its June quarter. Year-on-year profits for the period fell to $1.3m – that’s a drop of 95 per cent. Revenue continued to grow though at a slower …