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EA has kicked off its pre-order promotions for its high profile MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, as well as announced two special collector’s editions. Players can now pre-order the BioWare-developed MMO and will receive early access to the finished game for their trouble, as well as a colour stone …

Total immersion in a believable and completely customisable digital world. The vision offered by Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Holodeck represents the ultimate gaming nirvana, and Rare boss Scott Henson says that gaming is heading down that path”. I’m not going to give you the exact date you’re going to …

Capcom has announced an expanded and updated version of extravagant brawler Marvel vs Capcom 3. Called Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, it includes a total of 12 new characters spread across the two universes, meaning a total of 50 characters will be included on the disc. Online functionality and overall …

Iain McCaig, the concept artist behind numerous iconic designs across the film and games industries, has hinted that the hotly anticipated first title from Respawn Entertainment –on which he is currently working– has a target release date of 2015. Speaking at the Develop Conference in Brighton in a session titled …

Microsoft's Cambridge Research wins Technical Achievement accolade for work on camera controller

Mojang Specifications wins Download IP, New Studio and Micro Studio

Finnish studio also takes home Handheld Studio award

Neek Industries has revealed Australian Games Industry Insider (AGII), an insular monthly print guide to the Australian gaming world, to be launched late August / early September this year. AGII hopes to accumulate a following in the Australian development community across a myriad of roles, from design students to established …

Excitement for Battlefield 3 could see Steam dethroned from its leading place in digital distribution.MCV can reveal that the FPS will be available to download from pretty much every PC platform going – except Valve’s kingpin service. US retailer GameStop has already confirmed Battlefield 3 will be sold on its …

Online retail behemoth Amazon will launch its PC game download store in the UK this October, MCV can reveal. A US download store has existed since early 2009 but it only started selling downloadable versions of triple-A PC games in November last year.It’s been a much-delayed process for the retailer …