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Contract with Hasbro follows surprise investment round

The powerhouse Transformers IP will next year get a brand new MMO following an agreement between casual behemoth Jagex and rights holder Hasbro. The game has been pencilled in for a 2012 release in Europe, North America, Latin America, New Zealand and Australia. Transformers is one of the most iconic …

Donation made by Japan-based games publishing consortium

Brian Moriarty publishes his lecture on the interminable â??are games artâ?? debate

Famous ball of destruction now rolling across websites

Sony wants to bring the PlayStation to the classroom, but one challenge for the company to get right is how they inform teachers about their games-based education plans. Fortunately the platform holder has already launched a specialist educational channel, ConnectED, full of examples of how teachers and students are working …

With the fast-developing digital age comes ever-impressive new technology. This is used to power not only video games, but the way we access information every day. But forget watching videos on an iPad or taking part in worldwide banter on Twitter – what about schools? Why can’t motion controllers be …

Angry Birds has now been downloaded more than 100 million times, according to Rovio Mobile marketing exec Peter Vesterbacka, speaking on a panel at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. "Everyone is playing Angry Birds," said Vesterbacka, as he outlined previously known stats like the game’s 40 million monthly active …

With the cheapest PS3 SKU still costing between 230 and 240 on the UK High Street, the boss of SCEE UK has admitted that he hopes the upfront price of the machine could yet drop further. "PS3 has taken longer than PS2 to establish itself simply because of the cost …

Over half of Zynga players are women aged 25-44, company exec claims