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Platform holder Nintendo has lined up a string of family-friendly faces to promote its wares in the UK this Q4. Acclaimed actress Dame Helen Mirren has been drafted in to promote Wii Fit Plus, while reality TV pop group JLS will be the faces of Wii Party. The latter’s first …

Tucked away in its news release concerning its star-studded celebrity marketing campaign for Wii and DS this Christmas, Nintendo has also revealed a juicy statistic. Chart-Track numbers reportedly show that one in three UK households now owns a Wii console, illustrating the remarkable extent to which the motion-controlled device has …

Microsoftâ??s Xbox 360 shooter to miss April release in favour of an autumn 2011 arrival

EA makes changes following pleas from 'friends and families of fallen soldiers'

After its now long-forgotten turbulent arrival on the global marketplace, Blu-ray has finally hit its stride and established itself in 17 per cent of North American homes. Home Media reports that the number of Blu-ray players in homes in the region has doubled since 2008. It means one in five …

Details of the launch plans of Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 have been revealed by the Wall Street Journal. The launch is said to be "centered" in New York with events in other cities simultaneously according to people "familiar with the launch plans" cited by the WSJ. The launch event …

The Taliban will no longer features in EA’s upcoming console and PC shooter Medal of Honor. The game had received lots of media attention thanks to its inclusion of the Taliban as a playable faction in its multiplayer mode. It had seemed that EA had successfully rode the choppy waters …

Developer Epic has confirmed that Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War 3 has been delayed. Way back in April of this year the publisher cemented what seemed to be a firm April 2011 release for the game. However, this has now been changed to simply ‘fall 2011′ Gears of War …

Sonyâ??s Vinod Tandon explains the best ways to achieve bandwidth optimisation

South American operations to wind down after performance disappointments