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Yet education secretary 'has open mind' about working with tech and games industries, culture minister insists

Registrations have opened for industry members to attend E3 2011 in Los Angeles. Exhibitors signed up so far include major platform holders Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, as well as big-name publishers including Activision, EA and Ubisoft. Registrations can be completed on the E3 website. ‘Qualified industry professionals’ who register before …

Publisher Activision has dropped the price of both Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and DJ Hero 2 in North America. Joystiq reports that both games have seen between $10 and $20 slashed from their various range of SKUs on the High Street. MCV has asked Activision, but there’s no word …

GamesAid will once again hold a Golf and Spa Day this summer. The games industry charity has announced the event will be held at The Grove in Watford on June 30th, offering a 4-ball, spa treatment and table package to attendees. All proceeds will go to the organisation’s chosen charities. …

The first claims of full-scale piracy on the PS3 have surfaced on the internet. The development comes after last week’s serious security breach that lead to the publication of the PS3’s ‘root key’ – a code embedded deep within the console’s architecture that prevents unauthorised code from launching on the …

Sega shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines is still on track for a release in 2011, the boss of developer Gearbox Software has assured. Yesterday consumer blog Destructoid reported that the game had been delayed once again, with a release now pencilled in for 2012. Its source was gaming forum NeoGAF. However, …

Gamers can expect regular software releases to be very much the norm with its upcoming 3DS handheld, according to Nintendo president Saturo Iwata. Speaking to a Japanese newspaper, as translated by Andriasang, Iwata made the following pledge: "It’s important that you be able to supply software with no pause. With …

If the console race is to be decided on the number of triple-A games headed to each console then Sony already has the 2011 hardware title in the bag. Speaking on the US PlayStation blog, the platform holder has named 20 titles that will exclusively be hitting the console in …

Plant vs Zombies studio to double size of 60-man studio

Collaboration can secure future of Britain's games industry