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Casual giant PopCap has opened the doors on a new ‘design centre’, offering its developers and designers a place to realise creations of a more lo-fi aesthetic than typical releases from the Plants vs Zombies outfit. "4th & Battery is a pressure valve intended to keep our heads from exploding," …

The oft-rumoured but as yet unconfirmed Sony tablet device known as the S1 is now said to be a PlayStation Certified Android 3.0 device ready for shipping in the US by September 2011. According to sources at Engaget, the touchscreen device will cost around $599 (370) for a Wi-Fi only …

UK newspaper The Sun has this morning stepped up what can by now only be described as a ‘vendetta’ against Nintendo’s 3DS handheld. Yesterday the paper incorrectly claimed that retailers were seeing "record return levels" and that many were offering refunds to customers returning their machines. This was fiercely denied …

Advance ticket sales have topped a record 15,000 for the MCM Expo London Comic Con. The comic, movie, manga and games consumer event also expects to draw an all-time high of 60,000 visitors – 10,000 more than the October show. It runs from Friday, May 27th to Sunday, May 29th …

Nintendo UK’s popular head of communications, Robert Saunders, is leaving the company – but his next destination has not been announced. Saunders joined Nintendo seven years ago and has played a key role in the launches of the Wii and DS, as well as fostering the firm’s strong relationship with …

MPs have been in negotiations with Internet Service Providers and intellectual rights holders to create a system that would allow access to be blocked to certain websites. According to the Open Rights Group, a letter from Mr. Vaizey confirmed that he’d been in discussions with stakeholders to create a working …

US sources suggest â??S1â?? device to be ready for US shipping by September

EA Games president on the benefits of an autonomous studio structure

Many would have you believe that the death of the disc is inevitable. Global internet penetration is still rising and the range of content that people can download is expanding, to the extent where practically every device with a screen has access to some form of digital distribution. We have …

Mortal Kombat is one of the longest-running fighting franchises on the market, but it hasn’t been an easy battle. Originally an arcade-centric series eventually ported to consoles, Mortal Kombat has since focused on fighting in the home, with each iteration keeping the brand up-to-date with rival titles. It has even …