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Sony has at last officially unveiled the Team Ico Collection, a SKU that contains HD re-imaginings of PS2 classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Speaking at the Tokyo Game Show, Sony confirmed that as was seen with the recent God of War Collection, both games will ship on a …

Rising Star Games has announced that Deadly Premonition will be released in the UK on October 29th. The Xbox 360 game has become something of a cult hit in the US where it saw strong sales, despite wildly mix review scores – ranging from 10/10 on Destructoid to 2/10 on …

Epic Mickey will be released in the UK on November 26th. Disney confirmed the eagerly awaited game’s release date to CVG, as well as dates for other key territories. The title will launch in Europe on November 25th and in North America on November 30th. Epic Mickey is the Mickey …

Microsoft has announced the Kinect iteration of Brain Training will hit Europe in Q1 2011. During the platform holder’s keynote speech at this year’s Tokyo Games Show, Xbox Japan’s general manager Takashi Sensui revealed that the title will be released in North America and Europe early next year”. He also …

Luminaries from some of the most innovative and important companies in the games market have been confirmed for the London Games Conference on Thursday, November 4th. The event, which takes place at BAFTA, Piccadilly, will examine the challenges in an industry that is being driven more than ever before by …

Corona Game Edition and Corona SDK step into the world of cross-platform

One shock announcement to emerge from Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show press conference was that cult shooter Radiant Silvergun is scheduled for a surprise release on Xbox Live Arcade. The Treasure-developed game was previously released in both the arcades and on Sega Saturn in 1998, though was never published outside of …

Key execs from Bigpoint, EA, Playfish, Gaikai, GameStop, Capcom, Spil and Q Entertainment to speak at LGC

Online games studio makes three top-level hires in build up to spate of releases

Microsoft has stated that it is looking to address problems with some copies of Halo Reach that are preventing some gamers from playing the game. A number of consumers have claimed that their Xbox 360 consoles are unable to read the game disc. An isolated report on Maxconsole even went …