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Mind Candy has announced that its social networking title for children, Moshi Monsters, now boasts over 50m users worldwide. The ubiquitous Moshi Monsters brand has grown rapidly over the course of its three-year life span, and Mind Candy has said that it expects to generate 60m from total gross Moshi …

The successor to the Wii, currently known as Project Cafe, Wii 2 or Wii HD, may in fact be called ‘Nintendo’, that’s according to Game Informer. The US specialist publication speculates that a philosophy in simplifying naming conventions is the reason Nintendo’s next console will simply be called ‘Nintendo’ or …

Al Lowe and Replay Games revive Larryâ??s original escapade

A post has briefly appeared on the US Xbox website confirming production of Halo 4. It has since been removed by Microsoft, but an image of Master Chief and the below text almost certainly confirmed an E3 reveal for the title. Return to the Halo Universe,” the site’s text read. …

Lightning Fish founder and CEO Simon Prytherch answers questions on his studio's development of THQ/Adidas fitness game miCoach

There’s no way of knowing whether a new Grand Theft Auto will be announced at this year’s E3, but if you believe in the adage "there’s no smoke without fire" then you should probably start getting excited. Some insiders are now absolutely certain that Rockstar will use either the Microsoft …

Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure will be the first title to feature cross-platform gameplay across all three consoles, as well as PC, 3DS and mobile. The title uses special toy figurines to represent characters which, when placed on the bundled Portal of Power, appear in game. After each session, the figures’ onboard …

US studio collaborating with Adidas to bring athletics training system to consoles

Development luminary Will Wright, creator of The Sims and Spore, has announced that he is to start work on a sci-fi game set for release on tablets, iOS and social networks. Wright told Eurogamer that the game will be based on a short story written by cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling; …

Activision has confirmed many of the features that will be free to use when Call of Duty Elite launches later this year. Listed on the official site’s FAQ, free services include the Career section (which lets players track their match and weapon performance) and Connect section (where players can joins …