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Ubisoft will be rolling out two motion-controlled sports compilations this Q4 in order to support Microsoft and Sony’s hardware launches. The company announced Racquet Sports and MotionSports during its E3 press conference. The games have been designed exclusively for Move and Kinect, respectively. Racquet Sports will be released first, hitting …

Ubisoft has announced the latest entry in its best-selling Raving Rabbids series will be released this November. Raving Rabbids Travel In Time will be available for Wii on November 11th and sees the crazed bunnies tampering with history. A trailer shown during Ubisoft’s E3 press conference depicted the Rabbids helping …

Social gaminging platform inks agreement with SDK provider

User-generated gaming arena revealed; built across TrackMania 2 and more

Sony has revealed the UK pricing plan for its new premium iteration of PSN, PlayStation Plus. PS3 owners will have to pay 39.99 for a 12-month subscription, or 11.99 for 90 days, according to Videogamer.com. Sony claims that full-year subscribers will receive approximately 200 worth of free and exclusive content, …

Ubisoft has announced it will launch a new online community towards the end of the year that will be based solely on user-generated content. ManiaPlanet was first revealed during the publisher’s E3 press conference and unites fans of Nadeo’s Mania titles with its accessible toolset and focus on popular genres. …

Sony has released a full list of games officially confirmed for the PlayStation Move. Notable entries include Heavy Rain, SingStar Dance, Killzone 3, resident Evil 5 Gold Edition, RUSE and Time Crisis. Sony’s LittleBigPlanet 2 is also listed – with a November 2010 release date. Here’s the list in firm: …

As promised, UK retailer GAME has revealed details of a special trade-in offer that it hopes will entice existing console owners to upgrade to a new Xbox 360 S. The pick of the bunch is its PS3 Slim deal – hand over that machine and the redesigned 199.99 Xbox 360 …

Online retailer Play.com has become the first to name what it believes the price will be for the UK launch of PlayStation Move. It reckons the PlayStation Move Starter Pack, which includes a Move controller, PlayStation Eye and starter disc, will cost 49.99. Standalone Move sticks will cost 39.99 and …

PlayStation Plus has been given a June 29th launch date in Europe, and a new website promoting the paid-for arm of the digital network has revealed some interesting details about what’s on offer. Chief amongst the functionality is Full Game Trials. This will allow subscribers to download complete PS3 games …