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The freshly announced Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of 2007 PC shooter Crysis will be digital-only releases. The game, which was only announced this morning, will cost 1600 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Games on Demand (around 13.70) or 15.99 on the PlayStation Network. It will differ from the original …

Former Rockstar Vienna dev Jurie Horneman responds to Criterionâ??s front-page Develop feature

Having topped the UK charts for two weeks now, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC title Deus Ex: Human Revolution, publisher Square Enix has announced that it has now shipped 2m copies of the game. It was first released in the US on August 23rd with a European release on August …

Outspoken indies Team Meat will no longer have a commercial partnership with Microsoft, a co-founder at the studio has said. Edmund McMillen has criticised the Xbox manufacturer for its lack of support during production of the 2010 XBLA hit Super Meat Boy. I don’t think we’ll work with them [Microsoft] …

Two weeks after the launch of its brand new website, retailer GAME has apologised for the disruption that the troubled period has caused for its customers. Problems have included website outages, locked accounts, pre-order and account management issues and quirks with both the Reward Points and order cancellation systems. Here …

Creators of the XBLA hit claim Xbox partnership has deteriorated

A range of games by casual giant PopCap have been reduced to their lowest possible price point on the App Store. The tactic sees several iPhone games reduced from 1.99 to 69p, including the likes of Plants vs Zombies and Peggle. While the App Store price cuts are a rarity …

Plants vs Zombies and Peggle join 69p sales rush

Sony has set a release date for the white version of the PS3 in the UK. It’s the first non-standard, non-special edition variation on the standard SKU to be released in the UK market. Furthermore, emerging online games force GameStop has nabbed the exclusive rights to the machine in the …

Sony’s Resistance 3 leads the charge as strong force of new releases arrives on shelves from Nintendo, THQ, Deep Silver and more. The PS3 sci-fi FPS continues the series’ story of a 1950s alien invasion. The Chimera have established a firmer grip over the United States and its up to …