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Phil Harrison has joined the advisory board of cloud-based game streaming service Gaikai. According to the company, his involvement in Gaikai’s operation will help ‘disrupt the way games are discovered and enjoyed’ by consumers. Harrison, general partner at London Venture Partners and former president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios …

£40 freebie for all at Wednesday May 25th event at BAFTA in London

SCEE has confirmed that inFamous 2 will be released in the UK, Ireland and Germany on June 10th. It will hit other PAL territories on June 8th. A number of different SKUs have also been announced. The Lenticular Special Edition will include an assortment of digital extras, including the Electrocution …

This year’s press conference at Gamescom 2011 will be streamed live online, organiser Koelnmesse has confirmed. The live stream will go live at 12:30pm GMT on the afternoon of Thursday June 16th. Those wishing to register for the conference can do so here. "Cologne’s trade fair grounds will once again …

NCsoft’s profits are 41 billion Won (23.3m) for Q1 2011, a 33 per cent increase over Q4 2010. However, year-on-year that marks a 30 per cent decrease. In terms of sales, NCsoft generated 155 billion Won (87.9m), a two per cent decrease quarter-on-quarter and a year-on-year decline of seven per …

Retailer bags two Android games for 14 days; Begins controversial 'first-day-free' offer

Cloud-based gaming service outfit welcomes SCE legend and 1st Street Partners CEO

The review embargo for Rockstar’s LA Noire has finally been lifted and the game is on track to be one of the highest rated of the year. At the time of writing the game has a 91 per cent average on Metacritic. "There’s something entrancing about the way this game …

Fifth annual conference takes place September 28-30th

Discover how to raise your profile in June's exciting list of the world's best studios