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The somewhat threadbare US SingStore is to be significantly beefed up with the addition of content that until now has only been available to European gamers. In addition, Sony has secured a new agreement with universal Music that will mean that all future digital track releases for SingStar will be …

Analyst Michael Pachter has lamented Nintendo’s reluctance to release a successor to the Wii this year, claiming that the decision will allow Sony and Microsoft to make significant strides into Nintendo’s core markets. Keep in mind that my early 2009 prediction of a Wii HD expressed my view that Nintendo …

Upcoming movie and game release Tron: Legacy is the focus of a new photo shoot by adult entertainment specialist Playboy. The pictures, which can be seen here, show Playmates Sasckya Porto and Irina Voronina sporting Tron-style bodypaint as well as the famous light cycles made so iconic by the 1982 …

The first ever in-game footage of Crytek’s free-to-play PC shooter Warface has appeared on YouTube – and you can watch it below. The game was first announced at the end of last month, and is currently only planned for release in Korea and other key Asian markets, with Tencent being …

Downloadable PC sensation Minecraft is to officially exit alpha phase and enter beta on December 20th, creator Marcus Persson has confirmed. In addition, the cult developer has stated that he plans to add some kind of non-intrusive narrative to the game to help drive the game experience early on, and …

SCEE president Andrew House has deep reservations over digital downloading. He acknowledges that digital is becoming an increasingly important part of the games market, but believes it still has significant challenges to overcome. The reason retail has been around for thousands of years is because it works really well at …

Epic Games’ first fully-fledged iOS game has become the fastest grossing App Store title of all time, according to independent data. Infinity Blade, which runs on a modified Unreal Engine for smartphones, is said has generated $1,625,000 in just 4 days. News site Appmodo suggests the sales spree makes Infinity …

New NESTA survey shows parents, pupils and even teachers disregard maths, art and physics

New Elder Scrolls project may have been given a helping hand by Id Software

PC MMO title World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sold 3.3m copies in its first 24 hours on sale, developer Blizzard has announced. The company says the numbers make it the best selling PC title of all time. Previous WoW release Wrath of the Lich King sold 2.8m copies in its first …