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Apple has announced the expansion of its App Store program into 33 new countries. The move brings the total number of iTunes App Stores to 123, and is part of a general expansion of the service that includes the launch of the Mac App Store for laptops and the upcoming …

Developer New World has announced a brand new F2P first person shooter called Lethal Enterprise – and it will be powered by Crytek’s impressive CryEngine 3. NowGamer reports that there are not yet any details regarding platforms or release dates. The PC is obviously the most likely contender, though the …

Japanese sales success Inazuma Eleven will hit UK shelves on August 26th, three years after its original release. It’s an RPG-style football game for DS with over-the-top moves and over 1,000 in-game players to choose from. It originally went on sale in Japan in August 2008 and entered the sales …

The standard SKU of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations will be accompanied by no less than two special editions at launch. Ubisoft has announced it will release a collector’s edition, which will feature an artbook, the game’s soundtrack and a copy of a new animated movie, Assassin’s Creed: Embers. This version will …

Several of Japan’s high profile ‘traditional’ games developers have signed a defining contract to build content for the social and mobile platform Mobage. The Mobage network, owned by industry giant DeNA, will be supported by games from the likes of ex-Capcom boss Keiji Inafune and Grasshopper chief Goichi Suda.Also on …

The UK’s largest supermarket chain Tesco is set to introduce free WiFi for customers in store. Currently trialing in four stores, Tesco’s tech chief Mike McNamaratold the FTthat customers were already using mobile devices to look up prices and product reviews. "You can stand Canute-like and pretend nothing is happening …

Google and Microsoft engineer caught in path of suspected road rage incident

Capcom has confirmed that its upcoming Resident Evil remakes RE4 and Code Veronica X will get a retail release alongside their digital releases. Furthermore, both games have now been given a North American release date, with RE4 arriving on September 20th and Code Veronica landing on September 27th. The pair …

The US arm of online retailer Amazon has lifted its temporary block on 3DS sales. And no doubt much to the disappointment of the legions of conspiracy theorists and headline hunters, it transpires that the cause was nothing more sinister than a shipping complication. An internal Amazon.com shipping issue triggered …