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Nintendo fans may be enjoying the augmented reality functions on their new 3DS, but THQ is bringing a similar experience to Kinect owners. Due on April 15th, the 360-exclusive Fantastic Pets allows gamers to interact with virtual animals via gestures made to the motion-sensing camera. Unlike rival titles, such as …

Leading games firms will come out in force for this month’s Gadget Show Live. Exhibitors already confirmed for the consumer show include Nintendo, Sony, GAME, HMV, EA, Warner Bros, 2K Games, and Mad Catz – and all are keen to show off their wares. For the first time, gaming will …

Fight Night Champion and Shift 2 Unleashed are the first video games to incorporate QR codes. EA has teamed up with deodorant brand Lynx to introduce this unique form of in-game advertising to the Xbox 360 versions of its latest releases. Using a smartphone, gamers will be able to scan …

2010 was once described as "the year of the PlayStation" and Sony looks like it has come up trumps – in Japan at least. Numbers from Andriasang show that PSP was the best selling games hardware in Japan in 2010, shifting 2,640,499 units between March 29th 2010 and March 27th …

Ex-Bizarre staff back from the brink and ready to shape their own futures

Unpleasant Horse the first release from experimental games label 4th & Battery

Free-to-play online games publisher Bigpoint has hired a second CEO to handle business at the firm’s Hamburg office. Gamasutra reports that former Discovery Networks EMEA MD Arthur Bastings will be taking on the new role, leaving current CEO Heiko Hubertz to lead the firm’s US office. I think it makes …

Reports of the death of PC gaming have not only been greatly exaggerated, but the platform is actually in ascendancy, and is set to take the gaming platform crown from its console rivals. That’s according to the PC Gaming Alliance. The pan-industry corporation – formed and managed by big name …

Ray Maguire has left Sony. The SCEE senior VP and UK MD has departed after 17 years at the firm. He has been at the Sony games unit since PlayStation began, with his role evolving over time to include responsibility over the Irish, Nordic, Benelux and the Mediterranean regions. Having …

The historic nautical RTS series Anno is to get a futuristic makeover courtesy of a new instalment announced today by publisher Ubisoft. Called Anno 2070, the game sees humanity adapting to a warming world plagued by rising sea levels. Anno 2070 is a very ambitious game that will feel both …