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Criticisms of UK education system 'reiterate proposals made on games education study'

The GAME Group has apologised for the technical issues that have marred the re-launch of the GAME and Gamestation websites. Both portals are now up and running. The pair were re-launched last Friday, gathering much attention. Gamestation’s 99 Xbox 360 console promotion, in particular, saw a record number of visitors …

Publisher denies tester's claim that it 'willfully' failed to pay minimum wages

Codemasters is to use ITV’s Champions League coverage to propel its upcoming console and PC title F1 2011 into the public limelight. The game’s debut 30” TV ad will be aired on the evening of Wednesday September 14th during ITV’s Champions League match. EA recently used the heavyweight Premier League …

The industry’s hacking woes have alleviated significantly in recent weeks, but a fresh attack today has acted as a reminder of the danger that potentially lays in wait. VentureBeat reports that Star Wars Galaxies fan site SWGalaxies.net has seen 21,000 email addresses and 23,000 passwords stolen by hackers. All of …

Publishing giants Future and Gawker have announced an agreement to bring a localised version of tech blog Gizmodo to the UK market. Gizmodo UK will be published by Future when it launches in the UK this autumn. It joins Future’s current online tech brands TechRader, T3 and MacFormat. The site …

Limbo studio insists it has no interest in being bought out

Square Enix title Deus Ex: Human Revolution was the second best selling game in the UK in August. And it achieved this despite only being on sale for 48 hours of UKIE Gfk Chart-Track’s August tracking period (July 31st – August 27th). The only title able to better it was …

A visual guide to the inventive stereoscopic 3D hardware

I have a right hand and a left hand. For the purposes of this article, my right hand shall be called mAStaK1lla. He represents the gamer and the consumer in me. I like great deals on new titles and am delighted when games turn up early. For the sake of …