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PlayStation 3 platform holder Sony will launch a 3D-enabled head-mounted display in Japan this November. It was first shown off to the public at CES earlier this year. The device incorporates two 720p OLED screens that give the user the impression of viewing a colossal image and also incorporates 5.1 …

Both cloud gaming firms now competing for web-embed agreements

Paris headquartered mobile games publisher Gameloft is launching a hopeful new revenue model for the Android operating system. The app publisher has begun the Gameloft Club, a subscription model being test-run in the UK. For a rolling cost of 99p each week, users will be able to select a new …

New project, Adventure World, could stimulate investor craze

HP said that the tech giant would manufacture another batch of WebOS powered TouchPad tablets. "Despite announcing an end to manufacturing WebOS hardware, we have decided to produce one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand," announced HP PR man Mark Budgell on theHP Next Bench Blog. The world’s …

Former Sony Liverpool developer Andy Gahan continues his quest to run his own micro studio

Supernice.co.uk has revealed a fantastic way to transform any child’s (or, to be fair, adult’s) room into a level right out of Super Mario Bros. The retailer is currently offering a range of officially licensed reusable wall stickers based on three Nintendo titles – Super Mario Bros, New Super Mario …

It may have conquered the UK High Street, but Tesco has said enough is enough and called time on its Japanese ambitions. Its Japanese operations are already the smallest of Tesco’s 13 international businesses with a total footprint of 129 stores – half of which remain profitable, the company added. …

With Christmas rapidly approaching, Microsoft has decided to spruce up its Kinect hardware offer. The platform holder is to shortly begin including a code that entitles buyers to download Ubisoft’s Child of Eden with every Kinect and Kinect Adventures bundle sold at retail. The new SKU will retail for the …

Gears of War fans are now able to purchase the Lancer, the in-game chainsaw gun from the series, through EB Games’ online store. The gun is not part of any pre-order offer, but is available standalone for AUD$148 or NZD$198 exclusively through EB Games and online only. The replica weapon, …