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Microsoft is to lend the FIFA branding to two new Xbox Live Points Cards. The first SKU will offer both 12 months Xbox Live Gold membership as well as 800 Microsoft Points. The second is a 2100 MSP card. Both carry the image of FIFA 12’s UK cover stars Wayne …

Sound production champs add £2,000 of studio time to grand prize

The first PES 2012 demo that is already available on PS3 will not now be released on Xbox 360 after all. Konami announced last month that the free taster had been delayed on Microsoft’s machine until some time in September. Now, however, it won’t be released at all. Sorry to …

The upcoming August NPD figures will be the first to factor in the effect of the global PS3 price cut, but one analyst firm has said that it won’t be enough to dethrone the Xbox 360. Sony cut the cost of the console by $50 last month. IndustryGamers reports that …

The European version of the Star Wars: The Old Republic beta has been delayed. No new date has been announced. Fans are still waiting for a firm release date for the actual game. "Firstly, there’s a new build of the game on the horizon,” community manager Chris Collins clarified on …

Developer suite exclusive to members of the Software Partner Program

Gerhard Florin, one of several high profile directors to have resigned from EA since March, has emerged as chairman of browser games firm Innogames. Florin previously worked as executive vice president at Electronic Arts and was responsible for sales, marketing and distribution across Western Europe. Recent directors and bosses to …

Internet services provider Yahoo has sacked its CEO Carol Bartz after two and a half years in the role. I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board,” Bartz told employees via an internal email, published by Wired. …

But money concerns are putting people off, new data shows

September issue looks at racing studio's secret tech, the MMO space, the finer points of making a game trailer, and more