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A compilation of Sega Dreamcast titles could be coming to the Xbox 360 next year. A GameStop listing – that has since been pulled – suggested the Dreamcast Collection would be available in Q1 2011 and would retail at $29.99, according to Kotaku. No details were given about the SKUs …

But high-end console game will be built using both in-house and outsourced talent says chairman Hassan

UK exchequer secretary finally reveals justification for putting kibosh on games dev subsidies

Developer BioWare set the internet alight yesterday with the release of a steady stream of teasers ahead of the announcement of a brand new title at next month’s Spike TV Video Game Awards. Some quite remarkable sleuthing from PC site Rock Paper Shotgun threw up two possibilities. Decoding a barcode …

Cloud computing service OnLive will today finally begin taking orders for its TV-compatible micro console, with the first batches of the machine due to be shipped out on December 2nd. Priced at $99, customers will receive the micro console, one OnLive wireless controller and a $50 credit voucher, which basically …

Seed Studiosâ?? Under Siege trailer supplied by Glasgow-based firm

Indie chain Game Player has closed its doors, and MD Gary Noakes says that the days of specialist retailers are all but over. Pre-owned specialist Game Player decided to only stock used games following tighter and tighter margins on new releases. However, with increased pressure from the banks and growing …

Call of Duty may be the game of the moment – but online giant Bigpoint wants to steal the game’s audience away to high-end titles played via web browsers. The German firm has told MCV it plans to seriously grow its UK audience next year, using big TV ad campaigns …

It was the week Take That reformed. The week a new Harry Potter movie premiered.But the real winner in the entertainment war? It was a video game. Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops led a software market boom last week. Day one sales stood at 1.4m units, generating 58m in …

Analyst Cowen and Company is claiming that the most recent title in the Tony Hawk series, Tony Hawk’s Shred, sold just 3,000 copies in its first week on sale in the US. The game was a virtual no show”, the analyst is quoted as saying by GamesIndustry. It adds that …