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Weekly Japanese games mag Famitsu has got the first official details on one of Sony’s worst kept secrets – the HD remakes of PS2 classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Andriasang reports that Famitsu actually carries boxart for each game, suggesting that Team Ico’s cult hits will not in …

Rebranded trade group expands remit to online, casual, social and mobile

EA will at its Tokyo Games Show conference this morning lift the lid off its new project in conjunction with Killer 7 and No More Heroes developer Goichi Suda – and it’s called Shadow of the Damned. 1UP reports that the game will see players starring as a motorcycle riding …

Dave Perry on how accessible cloud gaming could reshape every facet of the industry

Outside 167 Wardour Street, West London you used to find a small plaque by the doorbell, inscribed with five letters: ELSPA. Although that acronym literally meant the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, the name stood for many things including anti-piracy, sales charts, age-ratings, and interfacing with Government. But the …

Michael Jackson: The Experience will hit shelves on November 26th for Wii, DS and PSP, Ubisoft has announced. However the Xbox 360 Kinect and PS3 Move versions of the music game have been pushed back to Q1 2011. The title was previously due to arrive in time for Christmas on …

Konami has confirmed that the Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 demo will be released on multiple platforms tomorrow – the same day as EA releases its first public FIFA 11 taster. Great news,” UK PES team leader Jon Murphy revealed on Twitter. Xbox 360 demo confirmed for the 15th September alongside …

Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. In an upcoming study in the journal Current Biology, researchers Daphne Bavelier, Alexandre Pouget, and C. Shawn Green report that video games could provide a potent training regimen …

Longstanding UK independent Eutechnyx may have struck oil in the uncharted free-to-play MMO market. The Gateshead based studio is building a slick racing game that can be played in web browsers – and crucially, is ringed by an online community for full-time petrolheads. Named Auto Club Revolution, Eutechnyx says the …

Annual Gateshead conference cut-price entry period begins for next year