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EA has announced a loss of $201m for the quarter ending September 30th 2010 – that’s nearly half the $391m loss the publisher reported in the same period in 2009. The company now claims to be the No.1 publisher on HD platforms (PS3 and Xbox 360) with a total market …

Worried that Gran Turismo 5 was not going to make it to retail in time for Christmas? Worry not, for the game is being pressed onto discs and put into boxes right now. Speaking to Jalopnik, Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi confirmed that the discs are being stamped as we …

Infinity Blade is the first title to bring Unreal Engine 3 to Apple's mobile platforms

Electronic Arts, the longstanding publishing giant that is slowly turning to social networks as a serious source of income, has signed a five-year deal with Facebook. The agreement will see Facebook Credits used as the exclusive payment method for all EA games on the social network. Last year EA spent …

Social network kingpin will host EA games with its own Credits system in place

Okami fans will be able to get their hands on the long-awaited sequel in March. Capcom has announced that Okamiden will be released for DS in the UK on March 18th. It will also hit Europe and Australia on the same day. The game follows on from the critically acclaimed …

Activision has announced that Nicole Scherzinger will be the title singer for GoldenEye 007. The lead vocalist of popular girl band The Pussycat Dolls will perform her own take on Tina Turner’s iconic Bond song over the upcoming game’s title singer. GoldenEye 007 is due for release on Wii and …

Californian case against video games takes tongue-lashing on day one

Electronic Arts has reportedly laid hands on the PSP2. The company’s senior vice president Patrick Soderlund, who admitted that EA has had access to the long-rumoured handheld, according to CVG. So far Electronic Arts is the only major publisher to confirm it has seen the handheld. He said: Well, obviously …

Classic arcade shooter fan recreates title on Media Moleculeâ??s sequel beta