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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 …

Japanese newspaper Nikkei is claiming that Nintendo’s new 3DS handheld will allow users to install multiple games onto its inbuilt memory chips, cutting out the need to carry around separate game cartridges. Andriasang says users will be able to select from any installed game from the main menu. If true, …

EA has become the first publisher to sign up to Gaikai’s streaming video games service that will allow users to play high-spec titles via any web browser. Titles that will be hitting the service include The Sims, Battlefield: Bad Company, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Medal of Honor and Need for …

As the only company to have released two – yes, two – 3D games consoles, the admission of Nintendo president Saturo Iwata that the next iteration of Wii will ‘probably’ include 3D support should not really come as a surprise. However, with the technology very much in its infancy, Iwata …

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Peter Molyneux claims Kinect title is â??ten times more amazing than you'd expectâ?