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In a move that was perhaps always an inevitability, publisher EA looks to have played its next move in its strategic kerfuffle against Steam. Kotaku reports that recent shooter Crysis 2 has suddenly disappeared from Valve’s online portal. It can still be found, of course, on EA’s new Origin store. …

Microsoft will apparently announce a successor to the Xbox 360 at next year’s E3. That’s according to VideoGamer, which cites an anonymous "high ranking" source at developer Crytek. Who, incidentally, is working on Timsplitters 4 for the machine, according to the claims. DirectX 11 is said to be forming the …

Crysis 2 will likely become exclusive to publisherâ??s own rival service, Origin

Ahead of its AGM today, retailer GAME has admitted that trading to date in 2011 is significantly down on 2010. Choosing to once again blame what it sees as a global slump in the video games market, in the period between February 1st and June 11th GAME’s revenues are down …

When will it all end? Hacker group LulzSec launched its most ferocious assault to date last night, taking down three video games services in the process. Indie hit Minecraft saw its log-in servers targeted and disabled. The group soon lifted its assault – though not before the entire game was …

Develop's monthly dissection of a recent hit game

Timesplitters 4 project 'to be announced for new hardware'

Rez creator delighted to have 3D displays and advanced audio set-ups to work with

Barcelona event set to open June 29th

Sony has claimed that sales of PS3 consoles in the US climbed 14 per cent in May compared to the same month in 2010, according to NPD data That the console has managed this despite the PSN outage that plagued the month is very impressive. And seemingly at odds with …