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With E3 2010 officially closing its doors yesterday, it has been confirmed that a total of 45,600 attendees poured through its doors over the course of three days – up by around 5,000 on E3 2009. It has also been revealed that next year’s event will take place between June …

If Valve gets its way, PS3 owners will be able to take Portal 2 online and play with PC and Mac owners. VG247 quotes developer Eric Johnson as saying that cross platform compatibility is something the team is gunning for”, with Mike Dunkle adding: The plan is you will be …

Organisers pleased with best event attendance in several years

David Reeves thinks there’s a good chance that Sony will launch a true successor to the PSP within the next year. Furthermore, the former SCEE president and CEO believes that if they don’t they could face a permanent exit from the handheld race. It’s an exciting time and you could …

American games giant keen to be working on new Nintendo handheld platform

Farmville studio strikes huge financial backing from Japan-based venture capitalists SoftBank.

Microsoft has told MCV that a data transfer kit will not be included with the Xbox 360 S when it launches in the UK on July 16th. Yesterday retailer GAME claimed that the new Xbox will have a data migration kit so getting all that gaming goodness out of your …

Valve â??gunning forâ?? online play to cross platform boundaries in major upcoming title

It’s finally in sight. Gran Turismo 5 has a release date, albeit a US one. And with the shock news has come a tonne of new gameplay information. Polyphony Digital’s game will include over 1000 licensed cars and over 70 different circuits spread across 20 individual tracks. Licenses supported include …

Japanese publishing powerhouse Square Enix has officially confirmed two new titles for the Nintendo 3DS – Kingdom Hearts 3D and Chocobo Racing 3D. Information on both titles is thin on the ground. Kingdom Hearts will follow in the series’ RPG traditions and will star characters seen in previous iterations. Based …