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Time circuits on. The first episode of Telltale Games’ Back To the Future: The Game will finally arrive next week. Entitled It’s About Time, the game will be available to download on PC from December 22nd. Set six months after the events of Back To The Future: Part III, it …

'Best Game Score' award now a permanent feature at the prestigious event

Sensory Sweep again in unflattering spotlight as CEO pleads guilty

Fans will have to wait a bit longer for the latest Deus Ex title as Square Enix announces it has delayed the upcoming Human Revolution. The eagerly-awaited prequel was originally due for release in Q1 2011 but has now been pushed back to the publisher’s next financial year, meaning it …

Movie trivia game Scene It will appear on Windows Phone 7 handsets in conjunction with a range of downloadable films. Paramount is releasing ten movie apps in the US including Zoolander, School of Rock and GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra. These will also come with ‘Silverlight’ bonuses including interactive …

Major coup as the Mobage platform will be pre-loaded into Samsung smartphones

Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski has revealed that the expected Gears of War 3 announcement at this year’s Spike VGA Awards was because the timing wasn’t right”. A myriad of big name games were announced and showcased at this year’s awards, but Microsoft’s highly-anticipated third-person shooter was noticeably absent – despite …