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Game Republic, the Japanese studio responsible for a string of PlayStation-exclusive games, is believed to have closed down after eight years in business. The studio, founded by Japanese industry luminary Yoshiki Okamoto, is thought to have vacated its Tokyo offices. Its website servers are no longer online. Okamoto’s group built …

Activision has announced that the next Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC will go live on June 28th. Entitled Annihilation, the map pack contains four new multiplayer arenas and a new scenario for the popular Zombies mode. As with the previous two DLC packs, First Strike and Escalation, this will …

ShopTo isn’t your traditional online video games retailer. Apart from picking and packing certain games in less than five minutes and sending them out on the same day, the website also has its own iPhone app and text message service, where customers can check stock and prices on the move. …

Tapjoy on the offensive against Apple

NPC behaviour specialists offer 50% discount for limited time

An unsurprisingly anonymous member of hacker community Anonymous has stated that the collective has stopped its attack on Sony. Amazingly, the reason for the decision was what is described as the "selfish" reaction to the attacks on PSN. "We are no longer attacking Sony, there is nothing more to gained …

NCsoft and ArenaNet have clarified plans for Guild Wars 2 expansions. Earlier today, news emerged that the developer was not planning to release any follow-ups to the upcoming MMO through retail. However, any plans for post-launch content are "still to be confirmed", as ArenaNet is concentrating on completing the launch …

Having effectively issued a profit warning yesterday morning, shares in Europe’s largest video games retailer GAME have dropped to their lowest point in over eight years. At the end of trading yesterday the chain’s shares closed at 38.25p. Its current market cap stands at 131.64m. You have to go all …

UK to host Epic Developer Day and Unreal University

Designer's non-compete period ends; Ubisoft claims THQ has unfairly poached staff