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The two Infinity Ward heads fired from Activation are hoping to block a delay on a multi-million dollar legal suit. It is urged that Activision’s new aim to include EA in the lawsuit should be stopped, as it will extend the case at a heavy price for the former Infinity …

A leaked photo from the set of Microsoft’s CES presentation scheduled for 2:30am tomorrow UK time suggests that the platform holder is to unveil a brand new Kinect feature. Called Avatar Kinect, Winrumours says that the new feature will be offered to Xbox 360 owners via a download on Xbox …

Zampella and West say legal fees have risen above annual salaries

Games downloaded 1.4m times per day, firm says

Entertainment giant HMV is facing troubling times as the chain revealed that it is to close 60 stores (including some Waterstones bookshops) over the next 12 months. That number represents 9 per cent of the chain’s 700 outlets. HMV has 285 shops in the UK and Ireland. Shares in the …

With an announcement now surely not far off, fresh shots of Sony Ericsson’s PlayStation Phone have hit the internet. The most interesting thing about the new pics, which come courtesy of Engadget, is that for the first time they show PlayStation branding on the handset (the Square, Triangle, Cross and …

EA has denied that its decision to depict the Augusta National golf course on the cover of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 instead of the iconic sports star himself has nothing to do with the personal issues that have dogged the former world No.1 over the last year. The cover …

Minecraft studio Mojang and Frictional Games both grab three nominations

Half-Life studio intrigued by eye-tracker potential

Cloud gaming service OnLive will arrive pre-built into a range of new consumer tech, it will be revealed at CES. Future iterations of HDTVs, tablets, phones and Blu-ray players from Vizio will include OnLive functionality out of the box. Today’s OnLive/VIZIO announcement marks a major milestone,” OnLive boss Steve Perlman …