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Rockstar has confirmed that three pieces of DLC will be made available for Red Dead Redemption this week. Each piece was originally offered as a pre-order incentives when the game was first released in May last year. They will now be available to everyone on Xbox Live and PSN. The …

Develop's monthly dissection of a recent hit game

The EyePet series will be back on shelves later this year in the form of EyePet & Friends. As the title suggests, the fluffy creature is not alone this time, with players now training and nurturing two EyePets. PS3 owners can either look after the pair individually or team up …

Triple-A margins are under pressure, Frontier founder says

Sony Australia has cut the price for the PSP in the region. As of today, the UMD-based handheld will retail for $189.95, according to VG247. The news follows similar price cuts to the PSP in the US and Europe. However, Sony told MCV last week that there are no plans …

Icelandic studio demonstrates Eve Online on smartphones and tablets

Annual revenues to climb fivefold in as many years, analyst claims

The mobile game sensation comes to consoles

505 Games’ Zumba is the UK’s No.1 video game this week. Although seeing a week-on-week decline in sales after shooting to No.2 last week, the fitness game’s weekly sales still outstripped those of EA’s Crysis 2, last week’s No.1. Sales of Zumba were down 49 per cent, but Crysis 2 …

Creative Suite 5.5 brings Adobe services to 'any screen'