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EA will tomorrow announce a brand new game in the Battlefield series, it has been confirmed. The news comes courtesy of Ben Cousins of EA business unit Easy Studios who has been at EA’s ongoing O2 showcase in London. Little is known of the title at the moment, though Cousins …

Sony has confirmed that the digital version of the upcoming God of War: Ghost of Sparta will retail for just 16.99 on PSN’s PlayStation Store. This not only represents a decent saving on the 24.99 High Street RRP for the UMD version, but it’s also a very compelling price for …

Government reveals grand reform plans, but games may miss out

Blitz Games Studiosâ?? education out-reach division continues student open days

â??Investment and jobs are drifting away to other countriesâ??

It looks as if the recent update to the Xbox 360 UI was more than simply preparation for the arrival of Kinect – it’s also dealt a big blow to the piracy community on the console. Xbox 360 piracy typically works by altering the firmware for the internal DVD drive, …

Prime Minister probed again on the controversial tax break u-turn

A stabbing wake-up call was dealt to the UK games industry today with new independent data revealing that the sector’s workforce has contracted by nearly nine per cent since 2008. The extraordinary rate of decline – revealed for the first time in the latest issue of Develop – represents thousands …

Casual games giant spreads into Googleâ??s mobile operating system

Tuesday and Wednesday next week just might be the most lucrative two days in games retail history. On Tuesday, November 9th Activision will launch Call of Duty: Black Ops – the follow-up to the UK’s biggest selling game. The very next day Kinect for Xbox 360 hits shelves – complete …