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UK retailer GAME has lowered its 3DS price to 219.99. The firm was originally selling the device for 229.99, but that price has come under pressure following aggressive moves from rivals ShopTo, Play and Amazon, all of which are selling the device for around 200. GAME has also revealed a …

Paper Child Studios secures release deal

Duels of the Planeswalkers passes 500,000 XBLA sales; PSN edition launched

Nick Wheelwright steps up after six month board spell

In depth: Develop speaks to the founder of game investment website, 8-Bit funding

Global game design event kicks off in a few hours

Do you deserve to win a MCV Award this year? Lobbying is open for the 2011 MCV Industry Excellence Awards, so please send in your nominations. The deadline is Friday, February 11th. All nominations must be sent to AwardsLobbying@intentmedia.co.uk A full guide to the awards can be found here – …

With the NGP now fully exposed and the 3DS just two months from release, the 2011 handheld battle lines have been drawn – but both platform holders are remaining coy about their rival machines. "Clearly in the dedicated portable space, we will be in competition with 3DS," SCEE president Andrew …

Registration has now gone live for Edinburgh Interactive 2011. And the organisers have announced that Tencent – China’s biggest internet service portal – will keynote the event. Visitors can book tickets to this year’s event by visiting the offical site at www.edinburghinteractive.co.uk. Early bird deals run until March 31st, 2011, …

The team now move at such a clip that in the last two weeks they oversaw the opening of four new outlets. These are phenomenal numbers. At a time when Grainger’s nearest and only rival is closing stores, you have to stop and ask: how do they do it? Cynics …