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Sega has revealed that it will release a brand new title in the iconic Sega Rally series in 2011. Called Sega Rally Online Arcade, the HD title will be released in digital form only on both Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. It includes both single player Championship and …

Ubisoft has confirmed that the Splinter Cell Classic Trilogy HD will be released on March 22nd in the US. There’s no firm UK date in place as of yet, though March 25th now looks the most likely option. The SKU will contain HD revisions of Splinter Cell, SC: Pandora Tomorrow …

Rumours are circulating that still mysterious console title I Am Alive has been relegated from a full retail console release and is now a digital-only product. The report stems from Czech site GameZin, which claims that a lack of confidence in the product has lead to a release only on …

EDUCATION WEEK: Livingstone-Hope review recommends computer science be brought into the national curriculum

EDUCATION WEEK: Livingstone-Hope Review details how UK can transform games academia

Media giant Future has merged its games and film sales and publishing departments into one entertainment division to strengthen the team. The idea behind the merger is to offer Future’s clients better access to the film and game audiences. The company has already hired two new publishers and is on …

An analyst for Taiwanese firm Concord Securities has claimed that the iPad 2 will not boast the headline feature of its smaller brother the iPhone 4 – a high-resolution ‘retina’ display. The reason, it is claimed, is that Apple has ordered between 4m and 4.5m units of the device to …

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One of PopCap’s biggest hits, colourful tower defence title Plants vs Zombies, is coming to PS3. The conversion is being handled by Sony Online Entertainment, the studio which also bought fellow PopCap title Bejeweled and Peggle to PS3. PvZ is one of six new titles SOE is bringing to PS3, …

Dundee developer hopes to keep troubles in the past as it begins self-publishing drive