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With one month to go until Duke Nukem Forever finally hits store shelves, the Duke himself will make his first public appearance today. A ‘real life character’ will be present at GAME’s Oxford Street store in London today between 3pm and 5.45pm. He will give away T-shirts, magazines and badges, …

Brighton studio to supply social titles to TV games portal

The founder of digital games developer Q-Games has warned that Sony faces the loss of a number of loyal PSN developers if it does not take action to help those affected by the PSN outage. Speaking to Industry Gamers, Dylan Cuthbert admitted that the PSN problems had "definitely" affected Q-Games’ …

Tiga calls for studios to pressure their MPs to back petition

Google kicked off the firm’s annual I/O developers conference in San Francisco with a keynote address that hailed 100 million Android devices. Google’s senior vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra took the stage hailing "how much had been achieved", cheekily unveiling a cartoon Android gobbling an Apple, in reference to …

Having been rumoured for quite some time now, Square Enix has at last officially announced a new instalment in the Hitman series. Developed by IO Interactive, Hitman: Absolution is the fifth game in the franchise that first arrived in the year 2000 with Hitman: Codename 47. The most recent release …

Microsoft last night released its latest Xbox Live release schedule and the inclusion of something called the ‘LA Noire Rockstar Pass’ add-on has certainly caught the eye. "In celebration of launch on May 17th take your LA Noire experience to the next level," is the only detail offered in the …

Just how did 2011's highest-rated game come together?

PlayStation customers have been told not to expect PSN to return in the coming days. "I know you all want to know exactly when the services will be restored," SCEE’s head of communications Nick Caplin stated. "At this time, I can’t give you an exact date, as it will likely …

Namco Bandai has announced Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact for PSP and the ‘Dragon Ball Game Project’ for Xbox 360 and PS3. The Dragon Ball game is designed to be the ‘new landmark’ for the video game series. It is scheduled for release in Europe this autumn and will be …