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Nintendo’s decision to bring hit mobile games that have made their name on smartphones seems like a smart one. So the arrival of Chillingo’s hit puzzle title Cut The Rope can be nothing other than a really smart move, right? Perhaps. Until you see that it costs 500 Points. That …

'If it goes ahead it will be different' says Rovio executive

Yes, that’s right. A copy of Gears of War 3 can be yours. For free. Tomorrow. At Gamestation’s Birmingham New Street store. Is there a catch? No, not really. Well, we say not really. There is one. A tiny one. You have to be one of the first ten customers …

Activision has confirmed that there will not be a Prestige Edition of November’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The Prestige Editions of Call of Duty released over the last two years have amazed due to the quality of their extras. The Prestige SKU for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare …

Post-mortems of game development should instead be an on-going process, says Tim Heaton

Melbourne digital distribution service launches Alphafunding

Should Tim Cook and Larry Page be getting together to clink glasses of champagne this week? Admittedly, it’s an unlikely prospect, but the CEOs of Apple and Google do have a joint milestone to celebrate. According to app-tracking startup Appsfire, more than one million apps have now been released across …

Club Penguin, the in-browser virtual world custom-made for children, has registered its 150 millionth user, owning company Disney has said. And Disney is using the registion landmark as a platform to promote the new Club Penguin app for iPhone and iPad. The smartphone game spin-off, called Puffle Launch, began life …

Unique interface 'a challenge for game designers', but hardware specs impress

Electronic Arts has closed its Visceral outfit in Melbourne, a local developer association has confirmed. As many as 21 workers have been made redundant as part of the move, according to a tweet from the Melbourne Chapter of the International Game Developers’ Association. EA has not officially commented on the …