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To include real-time Kinect multiplayer and 'dramatically enhanced' IE9 browser

Business unit Union to port games across; Unity Engine update inbound

Online retailer Tesco Direct has launched what it describes as a ‘VAT free’ 20 per cent off sale that offers some significant savings on a range of gaming hardware. The headline saving is probably the 50 it has cut off the price of a Slim PS3 160GB, which can be …

Cars 2: The Video Game will arrive on games shelves alongside the upcoming movie this summer. The title is due for release on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS and PC, and is being developed by Avalanche Studios – the team behind last year’s chart-topping Toy Story 3: The Video Game. …

The Nintendo Wii will not be home to a traditional Pokmon RPG game any time soon. The series’ developer GameFreak has said that core Pokmon titles will continue to be released on handheld consoles only. An announcement made during a Nintendo investor call last month said that new Pokmon games …

Watch Microsoft presentation on device integration

Ahead of the release of Dragon Age II on March 11th, it has been announced that the BioWare RPG is to get a spin-off live-action web series. USA Today reports that Felicia Day, the women behind popular web-based comedy series The Guild, will both write and star in the new …

Square Enix has announced that the rather colourfully titled Dissida 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy will be released for the PSP in the UK on March 25th. It will be available both as a standard SKU and in a special Legacy Edition. The latter SKU will include a number of extras …

Sony has said that the reaction to its PS3 launch price had meant that keeping the launch price of the Next Generation Portable as low as possible is a key priority. At its E3 presentation in 2006 Sony revealed a $599 launch RRP for its home console. Jaws dropped at …

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has unveiled a number of new features and capabilities of the firm’s Windows Phone 7 the firm plans for later in the year. Beyond the ‘copy and paste patch’, the exec revealed a number of other enhancements including Twitter integration into the People Hub and Office …