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Microsoft wants to have the most popular games console in the world – but has to conquer Europe to do it, EMEA chief Chris Lewis says. Xbox 360’s European market share grew by over 20 per cent in 2010, but the console is still lagging behind in certain territories. Now …

Early bird rates can save £150 on ticket prices

Official software development kit released for using Xbox 360 UI controller on Windows computers

Games axed at the eleventh hour due to unimpressive performance, paper claims

Magazine on hand at UE3 company's two UK 'developer days'

Reasons for Homefront dev's closure 'troubling', says boss of nearby studio

Having caused further havoc with EVE Online players overnight, LulzSec has stepped up its anarchic digital crusade by publishing the email and password details of 62,000 internet users. The kicker this time is that the group has not revealed the source of the information. Instead, users are left worrying whether …

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. …