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Nintendo’s latest sampling tour will use Art Academy to inspire the UK’s budding artists. The platform holder’s Create Britain campaign kicks off on Thursday, May 19th to promote artistic pastimes to consumers via the 2010 DS release, which has sold more than 345,000 copies in the UK. Nintendo reps at …

It’s Sonic’s 20th anniversary this year and to celebrate Sega is pushing a line of merchandise to retail. The publisher has partnered with design firm Blueprint which has produced Sonic-branded stationery, bags and other back-to-school items. These have already been ordered by a host of retailers including WH Smith, Debenhams, …

New system set for 2012 launch; Public unveiling to be made at Los Angeles event in June

At least eight big games publishers will exhibit at MCM Expo next month. Nintendo, Capcom, Warner Bros, THQ, Square Enix, Tecmo Koei, PQube and Atari will be attending with more to be confirmed in the coming weeks. Capcom’s recently announced Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition will also get its …

The game that ‘will beat Call of Duty’ is coming to the UK via Lace Mamba Global. Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is a World War II FPS and has been championed by the press. PC Gamer US even wrote a piece entitled: ‘Why Red Orchestra 2 will beat …

A fierce fortnight of rumours concerning the Wii 2 has been rounded off with official confirmation of a new Nintendo home console. The platform holder confirmed as much in a note attached to its most recent financial report. It confirms that a successor” to the popular motion sensing machine will …

While there’s no official confirmation of Sony’s swoop for Swedish download firm Ztorm, our spies say the deal is as good as done. It’s another sign of New World meeting Old. But it says a lot about how the Old World often adapts to the New – by eating it …

It’s a nightmare for PS3 owners, it’s a nightmare for content providers but most of all it’s a huge nightmare for Sony. A long bank holiday weekend is often a golden chance for gamers to get some serious hands on time with their consoles. But at the time of writing …

Submissions have opened for indie developers to win the chance to present their games at this summerâ??s Develop Conference.

THQ’s new IP Homefront beat Pokmon and a string of high-profile EA titles to become the biggest selling game of March. The result – combined with strong sales of WWE and uDraw – helped THQ leap up the publisher rankings. The firm is now amongst the Top Five publishers in …