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In the first announcement of its kind, mobile games publisher Gameloft has revealed a new game that will be exclusive to Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play for a limited time. Called Backstab, the initial imagery released stirs up memories of titles like Assassin’s Creed and Prince of Persia. It will be …

Creative Assembly veteran coder Richard Broadhurst on applying next-gen tech to Total War

Codemasters’ shooter series Operation Flashpoint has sold 3.5m units globally. The news comes ahead of the release of the latest instalment in the series, Red River, which arrives on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on Thursday, April 21st. It follows in the footsteps of 2009’s Dragon Rising, which is the …

With its UK launch nearly upon us, Nintendo has said that pre-orders for the 3DS are running at double the rate experienced with Wii back in 2006. A retail source has revealed to MCV that the pioneering motion-sensing home console received in the region of 65,000 pre-orders prior to its …

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Bringing glasses-based 3D to the masses is not a new phenomenon. From the ill-fated Virtual Boy to the flimsy anaglyph glasses given away with kids’ magazines, various gaming and tech firms have tried to master the concept. Over the last two years, 3D has once again found its way back …

Majesco reveals how their DS franchise is cooking up a storm in the social space

Time was when the beat ‘em up was king. In the early ‘90s, Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter shaped gaming culture with their popular multiplayer modes, crowd-drawing arcade cabinets and gory visuals. Now the genre is bordering on the niche, with only a few high-profile franchises keeping it in the …

Spiros Giamas, founder and CEO of CD Media, has joined the board of ambitious digital retailer Green Man Gaming. CD Media, based in Greece, is one of South Eastern Europe’s biggest distributors of boxed products and Giamas’ alliance with download-only Green Man Gaming is emblematic of an industry coming to …

Gamers can now buy Xbox Live Arcade titles from GAME’s flagship London Oxford Street store. It is the next stage in the firm’s roll out of XBLA games in-store. The trial features 30 XBLA games and DLC sold in over 40 GAME outlets. Game cards range in price from 2.04 …