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Microsoft has said that it currently has around 12.5m paying subscribers to Xbox Live. Subscriptions to the service currently cost 40 a year in the UK. Of our 25m members, about half of them are subscribers to the business and pay us about $60 a year for that,” Microsoft’s head …

A sequel to Atari’s 2009 console hit Ghostbusters: The Video Game will skip retail altogether and instead be released on Xbox Live, PSN and PC. USA Today reports Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime will once again see players assume the role of the Ghostbusting rookie hired to the team in the …

Ahead of Panorama’s ‘Addicted to Games?’ broadcast next Monday, video games trade body UKIE has highlighted the lack of any scientific evidence linking video games to addiction. There is no official medical diagnosis of video game addiction, either from the American Medical Association or the World Health Organization,” director general …

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Expect to see more of Square Enix’s violent criminal duo Kane & Lynch. In an interview with Eurogamer, Eidos life president Ian Livingstone stated: We haven’t made any announcements about Kane & Lynch going forward, but we all know that Kane and Lynch are two amazing characters who have a …

The fourth and final instalment in the current run of the BBC’s Doctor Who: The Adventure Games will be released for the PC on Christmas Day. Called Shadows of the Vashta Nerada, it will become available to download on the BBC website right after the show’s Christmas TV special on …

Matt Cundy has been promoted to UK editor of GamesRadar. Future Publishing announced that Cundy has left his position as acting editor and replaces George Walter. Cundy has 15 years of experience in the games industry and has headed up a number of magazines, including Pokemon Masters and The Simpsons …

Nintendo’s Kirby’s Epic Yarn will be released in Europe on February 25th. The 2D Wii platformer is themed on the idea of cotton and string, with the entire game built around the premise. It also boast two player co-op gameplay. The critical reception outside of Europe, where the game has …

Reformed publisher predicts the sector will reach $4.5 billion in 2013