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Playing video games late at night is one of the main factors of sleeplessness, according to a US study. The National Sleep Foundation found that 95 per cent of people questioned used some type of electronics in the hour before going to bed, while two thirds admitted they don’t get …

Volition has hinted that there will be some fantastic surprises” for fans in Saints Row: The Third. The game is due for release around Christmas” and already looks phenomenal”, according studio boss Eric Barker. He refused to confirm any other details on the game, including whether or not the game …

Online games network Eurogamer has announced that senior staff member Tom Bramwell has been promoted to the position of operations director. Eleven years into his role at the company, Bramwell will now oversee the day-to-day running of Eurogamer.net, on which he remains editor-at-large, as well as industry site GamesIndustry.biz and …

Job posting sheds light on Microsoft plan

Having received word of a rumoured Australian release date this morning, a UK release date for Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been announced. GAME.co.uk has the scoop – it will hit UK retail on August 26th. The date won’t officially be announced until tomorrow, but MCV can confirm …

John Riccitiello, the CEO of publisher EA, has said that the digital version of Mass Effect 2 that was released on Sony’s PSN has been a success for several reasons. Though he stopped short of revealing the game’s exact sales numbers, IGN reports that the exec told at audience at …

We knew that a concrete release date for Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution was to be announced this week, but it looks like one retailer may have let the augmented cat out of the neon-lit futuristic bag. The Australian arm of GameStop posted the following on Twitter last night: …

Though we won’t know anything concrete for a long, long time to come, the very first roll of the dice on what will eventually become the next generation of console hardware seems to have been made.Eurogamer reports that three Microsoft job listings on LinkedIn point to the very early stages …

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Distributor Lace Mamba Global has signs the rights to handle the special edition of Men of War: Assault Squad. The firm will distribute the bundle in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Benelux and other territories. It is due for release alongside the standard edition of the game on …