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Io Interactive head Thomas Jakobsen joins the company

The development team behind Atari’s recent console release Test Drive Unlimited has announced that it is to make the first premium DLC for the game free to download. The decision comes after the prolonged technical issues that have dogged the game since launch. Furthermore, Eden Games says that a patch …

Publisher THQ has announced that free-roaming Xbox 360, PS3 and PC sequel Red Faction: Armageddon will be released in the UK on June 3rd. Its US arrival will come a few days earlier on May 31st. The game sees players return to Mars once again as protagonist Darius Mason flees …

One online news source has claimed that Apple will reveal its iPad 2 in just one week’s time. All Things Digital says it has confirmation from "multiple sources" that the US tech form is preparing a March 2nd gathering in San Francisco. There’s even talk that Steve Jobs himself will …

After a confusing 24 hours that saw retailer GAME remove Topware’s console RPG Two Worlds II from its release schedule, a UK release for the game has finally been confirmed. However, there are strings. The game will now be available only from online retailer Amazon. And its release has slipped …

Ahead of its UK release this Friday, EA’s People Can Fly developed shooter Bulletstorm is revelling in critical acclaim. Following the lifting of EA’s reviews embargo last night, the game is currently averaging 85 per cent on reviews aggregation site Metacritic. CVG, who scored it 9.1/10, said of the title: …

In just two years PlayStation Home has gone from just a virtual world to a vibrant games platform

Goal to raise $150,000 to produce full video

Fans left disappointed by the confirmation that Activision’s NASCAR 2011 will not be released in the UK have been given a glimmer of hope by the game’s developer Eutechnyx. The studio says that it now hopes the game will be made region free when released overseas. Traditionally all PS3 games …

New 'Accelerated Keyframing' service from Cubic Motion shows promise