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Disney used its recent D23 Expo to unveil a brand new animated film that revolves around the life of video game characters. Whereas Toy Story told the tale of what toys the do the minute our backs are turned, Wreck-It Ralph will do the same for video game icons. It …

Sony DADC has teamed up with fellow distributors Cert Octavian and Cinram to help get its operations back on track after its Enfield distribution centre was lost. The company’s facility – a multi-storey 24,000 square metre complex – was burned down on August 8th during the UK riots. It was …

The squad-based third-person shooter designed by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi will arrive in the UK on February 17th next year. Binary Domain puts gamers in the middle of a futuristic war set in Tokyo in 2080. It will be available on both Xbox 360 and PS3. The shooter joins other …

The results keep rolling in – we’re still recieving the last few final photos from contestants who competed in our UFC Industry Fitness Challenge. While we muster our judging panel to bring you a definitive verdict next week, why not spend your Wednesday morning gazing in awe and jealously at …

CVG editor Tim Ingham is leaving games journalism – to run leading business magazine Music Week. GMA-winner Ingham leaves his position as editor of ComputerandVideoGames.com (CVG) and will take over at Music Week on October 3rd. Music Week is published by MCV publisher Intent Media, which acquired the title from …

We Sing: UK Hits, the latest release in Nordic Games’ popular karaoke series, will be released on Wii in the UK on September 30th. It’s the first release in the series this year and the fourth in total, though will be joined by We Sing: Rock by Christmas. Featured artists …

It has emerged that all copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution for PC in the US include a free code to access the game on OnLive. Effectively this means that as well as playing it on PC, gamers will also be able to play the game on an array of …

Crimson: Steam Pirates will be the first game to emerge from Bungie in this new, post-Halo era. More specifically, it’s the first title to be released from the Bungie Aerospace division. It will arrive next week on iOS and is developed by Harebrained Schemes. It’s described as a turn-based, steampunk …

Bullfrog classic reborn on mobile devices

It’s a weird world we live in where a person has to explicitly say they’re not commenting on a rival’s device before they’re able to comment on a rival’s device. Nonetheless, SCEE’s senior studio director Mick Hocking did exactly that when asked about the early struggles of the 3DS. So …