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North American gamers can pre-order the Halo: Reach DLC from GameStop, and get some free extras to boot. The US giant claims it is the first firm to do a pre-order campaign for downloadable content, and forms part of the companys drive into digital markets. Players who pre-order the upcoming …

BBC Worldwide says its move back into video games is like ‘growing a new limb’ and that it could become a 50m business for the firm. The statement comes as the company reveals its first self-published games for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad, which are Doctor Who: The Mazes of …

But Persson isnâ??t keen on external influence

Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kazuo Hirai could be in line to become Sony President, according to Bloomberg. Citing ‘people familiar with the matter’ the financial news service says that the future President would be in-line to replace Sony Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer. Sony consumer products boss Hiroshi Yoshioka is …

LOOK OUT GT5, Epic Mickey and WoW: Cataclysm. This year’s best Christmas game might be the quick-to-market sequel to one of the year’s best-selling titles. Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare hits retail tomorrow – just six months after the original topped the charts and ruled summer sales. The 25 game is …

John Broomhall talks to Codiesâ?? about the secretive Formula 1 pit lane

Epic Gamesâ?? updated tech flaunts improved foliage rendering and more

The market boom that enveloped the video games market in 2008 will never again be recaptured, analyst Screen Digest has warned. A gradual eradication of RRP, the disruption of the console hardware cycle and the rise of digital means that the High Street has only decline to come, analyst Ben …

Measures need to be tightly drawn to avoid abuse, says Tory MP

But tax breaks are coming, suggests the games evangelist