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Sears-owned US discount specialist Kmart is to begin sticking small user reviews on its video games shelves. Kmart won’t allow its users to say whether they thought a game was good or bad, but will publish comments describing the title and will allow users to give each title a star …

Famed Sony studio to discuss 3D and Killzone at the major European event

The Video Standards Council has confirmed the news broken by MCV yesterday that PEGI’s new age ratings will not become legally enforceable until April 1st 2011. Although we had hoped that it would be implemented sooner, we are very pleased that the Government has now given us a definite date …

Key event expands remit with new Pixar and Disney talks

Industry analyst Michael Pachter expects Activision to introduce a paid-for Call of Duty online subscription model by the end of this year. The news comes following comments made from Activision boss Bobby Kotick last month, who said he’d like to set up an subscription service for Call of Duty. Wedbush …

MSN is the official media partner for the upcoming Golden Joystick Awards. The web service will be covering all the action on a dedicated hub-site, complete with pre-awards news, information on the nominees and the eventual winners. We are absolutely delighted to be associated with the world’s most renowned gaming …

It still baffles me that PC Zone ever worked at all. In 1993, the old console markets were in the twilight of its years and PlayStation had yet to drag the public perception of gamers from sad ski-jacket wearing nerds into ‘ordinary’ people. But that’s what gamers were and still …

It still baffles me that PC Zone ever worked at all. In 1993, the old console markets were in the twilight of its years and PlayStation had yet to drag the public perception of gamers from sad ski-jacket wearing nerds into ‘ordinary’ people. But that’s what gamers were and still …

American publisherâ??s five-year interest in French rival comes to an end

Comments from Yoichi Wada suggest that Square Enix may take a different approach to developing future Final Fantasy games. Speaking to Gamasutra, the publisher’s president acknowledged that while Final Fantasy XIII was a commercial success – it has sold five million copies worldwide – the game caused division among both …