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Amazon and Best Buy have been listed amongst companies that could bid for bankrupt Blockbuster. The firm announced late last month that it was going up for auction following a ‘stalking horse’ offer of $290m by an investor group of lendors. And now the firm has submitted a list of …

Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: The Da Vinci Edition will be released on March 25th. This new SKU includes the best-selling historical action game which was first released in November last year, as well as the recent Da Vinci Disappearance DLC pack, on one disc. It will be available …

"My inclination would be to say a system like theJungle is a non-starter right out of the gate. Until they can show meotherwise I just don’t think Panasonic has the right pieces to compete inthis space.” The Jungle is a highly specialised dedicated portable for a non-existent market. This is …

New Vegas team talks XBLA IP and 'big licensed title'

G.I.R.L. fund to aid one lucky student on their way into games development

HMV Group has warned it expects profit before tax to be ‘moderately below’ the 45m market expectations for its financial year. The retailer – which runs the HMV and Waterstones chains – is still finding trading tough for the first two months of the year, despite a significant upturn in …

There’s more than Fallout: New Vegas DLC in the works at Obsidian Entertainment – the developer is apparently working on a number of mysterious titles. The studio is already known to be working on upcoming XBLA title Dungeon Seige 3, but CEO Feargus Urquhart has revealed teasing details about a …

Freshly independent games developer Harmonix has applauded its decision to back the once new Xbox 360 peripheral Kinect with its brand new IP Dance Central. Confirming that the game has to date outperformed fellow Harmonix title and established brand Rock Band 3 at retail, CEO Alex Rigopulos has admitted that …

Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection will arrive in UK stores on April 22nd. The PSP release includes two games – Final Fantasy IV and The After Years – and arrives as a limited edition in PAL territories. It includes art cards, a PSP cleaning cloth and a special folding …