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Having doggedly stuck by golfer Tiger Woods throughout what has been a very turbulent year for the golfing star, EA has for the first time hinted that if Tiger’s results on the fairway don’t improve time might be called on the pair’s long-running relationship. This is no threat against Tiger,” …

Novelist Salman Rushdie has said that Iran can be liberated” by dropping Nintendo consoles and Big Macs from the sky. The author – known for his controversial 1988 book The Satanic Verses – made the comments in an interview with Big Think, as reported by Game Informer. If you look …

Disney Epic Mickey has gone down a storm with the gaming media following a string of high review scores. Various critics praised the Wii adventure game which has gone on to achieve a high average Metacritic review score of 78 per cent. Here’s what several key publications had to say …

The Vietnam add-on pack for EA’s popular Battlefield: Bad Company 2 shooter will go on sale next month. Players will be able to control a US Marine or member of the North Vietnamese Army around four maps in ‘conquest’ and ‘rush’ modes, with new weapons, vehicles, achievements and trophies to …

Square Enix will officially announce the next full Tomb Raider game next week, according to magazine reports. The title has been previously been teased in Game Informer magazine, and now GamesMaster has said it will publish more information in its next issue out on January 4th, 2011. The news, reported …

Trinigy to deepen integration of Firelightâ??s audio tools

Major cash injection for Brazilâ??s fast-growing social games firm

New Brazil office to open; CEO eyes Latin-American market potential

The two-month headstart has paid off for Sony as worldwide PlayStation Move sales top 4.1 million units. With Microsoft’s cry of 2.5m Kinect sales still ringing in the industry’s ears, Sony has announced its own motion controller has reached this sales milestone in just two months. This number not only …

Publisher Black Bean Games announced today that SBK 2011 will arrive in May next year on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The newest instalment in the officially licensed SBK motorbike racing franchise is again in development at Milestone Studios. It will feature a new artistic direction, improved gameplay and other …