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Media conglomerate News Corporation is extending its reach into games and social networks with the acquisition of London studio Bossa. News Corp’s UK subsidiary Shine – run by Rupert Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth – says it will entrust Bossa with its existing brands and properties. Shine has previously released content across …

Essential digital-focused event coming to London on November 10th

Media giant IGN has signed up as gold sponsor for the London Games Conference. The November 10th event brings together 300 games industry execs to hear from innovative businesses and opinion formers in the digital games space.Keynotes this year come from GameStop and Valve, with Eidos life president Ian Livingstone, …

Elisabeth Murdoch brands social gaming 'a critical component our strategy'

Forget Battlefield and CoD – the first real video game battle of the year takes place over the next week between GAME and Eurogamer. MCV has all the essential info. There’s no denying it’s going to be a very busy ten-day period for the industry, but arguably one that provides …

It looks the Tokyo Game Show had passed with no mention of the long-awaited Resident Evil 6. Or has it? Kotaku claims to have confirmation from a Japanese Capcom representative that a video for the game leaked online (but no seemingly wiped from existence) is legitimate, and is being shown …

Troubled mobile comms manufacturer RIM has revealed that it has shipped on 200k units of its new PlayBook tablet. The company had predicted sales of 490m in the last quarter. Actual sales numbers were not divulged. In its comparable period, Apple sold 9.25m iPad 2s. The tablet’s struggles played a …

Sony has confirmed that it is developing an additional battery pack for PlayStation Vita. The device will add to the standard battery life, revealed earlier this week to be somewhere between three and five hours – something that has sparked concern amongst avid consumers. "If you’re flying from New York …

Valve has made its critically acclaimed first-person puzzler Portal available for free. The original game, which first debuted in 2007 Half-Life compilation The Orange Box, can be downloaded at no cost on both PC and Mac. However, Rock Paper Shotgun reports this offer is only available until September 20th. This …

Eagle-eyed gamers have spotted the arrival of advertisements for genuine, real in today’s world products in Square Enix’s seminal action title Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Joystiq reports that the game’s loading screen will now from time-to-time carry a tiny banner advertising the release of the Star Wars Trilogy on Blu-ray. …