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The company behind the world’s biggest Facebook games will be the cornerstone of Google Games when it launches later this year, claims TechCrunch. The technology website claims Google has invested between $100 million and $200 million in Zynga to help launch its social games service – which the search giant …

Publisher Namco Bandai has slapped an October 8th European release date for upcoming action title Enslaved. The game, which will be released for PS3 and Xbox 360, is being developed by Ninja Theory – the studio behind PS3 launch title Heavenly Sword. It’s is being co-directed by Lord of the …

3D TV is set to take off in such a major way that we could see 3D compatible sets in every home in the UK by 2013 – that’s the claim of French publisher Ubisoft. The somewhat surprising assertion flies in the face of many commentators who feel that both …

New casual games and apps site Gamecot is offering a developer/publisher trading service online

Wedbush MD and analyst Michael Pachter has said Kinect’s biggest barrier to success is not its price or software – it’s that the Xbox 360’s core audience simply doesn’t want to stand up. I think that the biggest impediment to Kinect games ever being considered triple-A is that they require …

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Another major string in PS3’s 3D bow will arrive later this year when the console’s Play TV peripheral – a device that plugs into the console and turns it into a personal TV recorder – gets a 3D update. Whether or not the update will arrive as part of the …

UPDATE: Sony has contacted MCV to say that the Move controller will retail for 24.99, the same price as the PlayStation Eye. Having taken four years to get to the point where each PS3 console sold actually returns a profit, Sony has confirmed that it will be making money from …

Best Buy Europe has appointed Carphone Warehouse CEO Andrew Harrison as its new chief operating officer. Scott Wheway, CEO of Best Buy Europe, said: ”Andrew has been instrumental in driving The Carphone Warehouse over the last 15 years and is a leading authority in connectivity technology. He has consistently proven …

Peter Mandelson was voted as the Internet Villain of the Year at this year’s Internet Service Providers Association Awards. According to Mac World, the former cabinet minister was given the award for his role in pushing through the heavily criticised Digital Economy Act, currently the focus of a legal challenge …