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Supermarkets choosing to ‘go low’ on FIFA this week won’t be able to match GAME’s specialist offer, Ian Shepherd reckons. The 2011 edition of EA’s yearly sales juggernaut arrives at midnight. Asda is offering the game for just 97p to those who trade-in certain titles, while Sainsbury’s will sell it for …

UK supermarket Asda will at midnight tonight begin selling FIFA 11 for just 97p. The price is available for anyone willing to trade-in one of either Halo reach, Dead Rising 2 or F1 2010 and applies to both the Xbox 360 and PS3 SKUs. In addition, the game will be …

AUDIO SPECIAL: How FMOD managed to repair its tech from UE3 crashes

Kinect Sports studio says the device will kindle a wild fire of game ideas

Swedish 3D tools provider supplying tech to Korean MMORPG titles

Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops will include a zombie mode when it arrives next month. The popular multiplayer game from 2008’s Call of Duty: World at War was a hit with gamers, and developer Treyarch is catering to them again with this year’s release. "Zombies have been such a …

One of the most unusual games in EA’s Q4 line-up is aimed at parents. Create is a new art package that gives players the tools to decorate worlds and add props to complete puzzles. The publisher says this unique concept was developed after looking at similar titles on the market that …

Vision Engine firm opens door on new facility following KGC 2010

An ongoing focus on key features has allowed the device to grow

Nintendo has forecasted that 3DS will sell 4m units before the end of March 2011 worldwide. The firm also wants to sell 15m 3DS games by the same deadline. The announcement was made as part of Nintendo’s revised sales forecasts, where it slashed its profit projections for the 2011 financial …