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Origin described as a 'direct-to-consumer gaming platform'; Mobile version also on the way

The International Software Federation of Europe has vowed to solve the digital market research crisis – by sourcing data from gamers. The pan-European trade body, frustrated by a lack of concrete information, has formed a working group to tackle the issue and could potentially be offering a chart by the …

Rockstar North, Stainless Games, Ninja Theory, Starbreeze and Jagex are this week's top recruiters

Fox Engine revealed after three years of construction

Publisher EA has today launched a direct rival to leading PC digital distribution portal Steam. Called Origin and described as "direct-to-consumer gaming platform", the etailer launches with over 150 titles to choose from. It will also be the only outlet from which certain limited editions of EA titles such as …

No doubt fearful of a backlash similar to that suffered by Ubisoft last year, Capcom has announced that it will remove the DRM it had planned for Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition. The publisher had previously announced that PC players who were not logged into Games for Windows Live would …

2K Games has announced that first person shooter XCOM will released on March 9th 2012 in Europe and March 6th in the US. And it has also revealed that the game is no longer an Xbox 360 exclusive and will also be hitting PS3. Though the XCOM series has its …

Dark Souls – the spiritual successor to last year’s PS3 exclusive Demon’s Souls – will arrive in Europe on October 8th. The Xbox 360 and PS3 game will also be released in the US three days earlier on October 4th. Gamers are able to pre-order the Dark Souls Limited Edition …

Developer CD Projeckt has confirmed that its successful PC RPG The Witcher 2 is coming to Xbox 360. The confirmation comes from a press conference attended by CVG. The studio warned that the new SKU won’t match the visuals seen in the PC game, but will look "gorgeous" nonetheless. So …

NGP launch title Wipeout 2048 has been detailed for the first time having been leaked online yesterday. The title will be one of "the biggest" games ever in the series and will include ten new tracks and 20 new vehicles, as well as new weapons and game modes. Three control …