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The long-awaited announcement of the PSP2 will take place in Tokyo at 6:00am UK time on Thursday January 27th. The specific time of the press briefing was revealed by Nikkei, as translated by Andriasang. The meeting itself is being referred to as ‘PlayStation Meeting 2011’, meaning there may even be …

Blitz Games Studios lends name to international dev competition

British studios driving Kinect, Move and Wii games sales, study claims

The recently released PS3 and PC MMO DC Universe Online has become Sony Online Entertainment’s fastest selling game ever, studio president John Smedley has revealed. "Working on out-of-stock problems for DCUO," he explained on Twitter. "It’s our fastest selling game ever. Should have more inventory in Monday." The game was …

Publisher Konami has announced that Silent Hill: Downpour will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 this autumn. The game, the name of which was revealed earlier in the month, will be the eighth title in the spooky series, the first incarnation of which dates back all the way 1999. …

Video games trade association UKIE has championed the role of UK developers in the early success of both Microsoft’s Kinect and Sony’s Move. In the ten weeks ending January 15th 2011, games made by UK developers account for 42 per cent of Kinect software sales in the UK. The best …

Association's founders and CEO celebrate a decade at the heart of the UK dev scene

Nintendo has said it will continue offing an online games portal for its upcoming handheld, the 3DS. It means both established studios and smaller indies can still distribute their content on Nintendo’s next major console. The ‘3DS eShop’ will provide users with a catalogue of DSiWare games, as well as …

Develop understands 4J Studios will receive £40,000 to co-develop winning entrantâ??s game

On January 27th this week, Sony WILL finally offer up official details for the PSP2. From today, key representatives based across the global games industry – from publishing and development to the media, from Bath to Boston – are flying to Tokyo for the grand unveiling. The successor is expected …