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Game Connection Europe calls for devs to unveil their ideas and projects

Unless Microsoft and Sony move to lower the RRPs of Xbox 360 and PS3 the Wii should still be able to maintain its position in the video games market well into 2011, analyst Michael Pachter has stated. As far as the Wii’s current position, they’re holding their own,” he told …

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Speaking of the media furore that has greeted EA’s Medal of Honor, the head of Call of Duty developer Treyarch has said that the treatment violent video games receive at the hands of the media is unjust. We cover the Cold War era [in Black Ops] and there are definitely …

Two weeks ago, Activision invited the world’s gaming press to experience a range of new multiplayer modes for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Additions include the new Combat Training mode, which enables players to compete in offline deathmatches against AI opponents, and Wager Modes, in which gamers can gamble for …

Publisher System 3 has confirmed that it’s daring digital release Ferrari The Race Experience will be released on PSN on September 29th – and will cost far less than you might have expected. The game will cost just 11.99/€14.99. Furthermore, existing owners of System 3’s Ferrari Challenge can get the …

Following the confusion that greeted its apparent closure earlier this week, suspicions that retro games service Good Old Games is in fact not closing have been confirmed. The site, which specialises in the sale of DRM-free cult PC hits, has confirmed that it has exited its beta phase and now …

Shaun White Skateboarding to feature 3D functionality

Steve Dietz joins start-up following spell at Lightning Fish

Award-hoarding Guildford studio to see LBP2 released January 2011