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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 …

GAME CEO Ian Shepherd has told MCV the retailer is well prepared for the future of the video games market. Next month the company will be announcing plans to better address the increased prominence of digital games and content. The new agenda will put GAME in good stead for the …

Lobby group Gamers' Voice demands action on mounting problems with PS3 and PC Black Ops

Just two and a half years after its debut in July 2008, over the weekend the Apple App Store saw its ten billionth app downloaded. Free game Paper Glider was actually the app in question, and was downloaded by Kent resident Gail Davis who won a $10,000 iTunes gift card …

Legal controversy building around the term 'ville'