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Hit sword fighting brawler Soul Calibur will return to retail next year. Soul Calibur V was unveiled at Namco Bandai’s Level Up event in Dubai, and is set for an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 release. "There are new characters and there’s some new features added to make the game …

Two games in the popular RPG Tales franchise will get a release in Europe. Hit PS2 2005 game Tales of Abyss is being totally remade for 3DS and is getting a global release. "We were there at the launch of 3DS and we are totally committed to this platform," said …

A brand new movie in the Tekken franchise will be released this summer, and this time to studio is making it. Namco Bandai unveiled Tekken: Blood Vengeance at its pre-E3 event in Dubai. The firm’s Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada announced the game, and he asked fans to forget the previous …

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon will be released in the UK on Friday, October 14th. The US version is set to arrive a little early on Tuesday, October 11th. The promising new air combat game is a bit of a reboot for the series, and is scheduled for launch on Xbox …

Publisher Majesco Entertainment will release a follow-up to the popular dance title Zumba Fitness in the US. The original – which is currently top of the UKIE/GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 chart – is available on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. It has claimed the No.1 spot three times. …

Players of Capcom’s hit iOS title Smurf’s Village will, once having installed the latest update, find that the game has introduced a cap on the game’s micro-transactions. From this point on the game will limit users to five in-game purchases every 15 minutes. PocketGamer reports that the move has been …

Chillingo are publishing the technically impressive episodic 3D third-person shooter MUSE for mobiles.

Sequel to the dance-fitness sensation to arrive by year-end

Though the 11.4m subscribers to Blizzard’s world-conquering MMO World of Warcraft make for some impressive reading, it actually represents nearly a three year low for the game. The current number was revealed in Activision’s financials last night, Kotaku reports. The game reached its highest point in October last year as …

UK independent studio Jagex has scored a global publishing deal with social MMO New York children’s media firm Herotainment. The Runescape studio will use its online games expertise to publish Herotopia, an award-winning social online game for children”. The landmark agreement makes Herotopia the second third-party game released by Jagex’s …