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French firm Stonetrip claims easy porting of iPhone apps and games

Specialist gaming mag Total PC Gaming has been closed down by Imagine Publishing, it has been confirmed. Subscribers received a letter from the publisher saying issue 31 was the final magazine. They were offered alternate subscriptions and refunds. Imagine’s range of gaming publications include Games TM, X360, Retro Gamer and …

Microsoft’s Natal is still a good seven or eight months away from launch, but a research director for the platform holder has already confirmed that work has begun on the successor to the technology. When we invent something first like Natal, while we have a researcher working with the product …

Early bird discounts still available for key industry event

Not only did Sony’s God of War III shoot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week, it also set a new sales standard for Sony’s violent action series. The game bettered the week-one sales performance of its PS2 predecessor by 2.65-to-1, despite …

Sony’s God of War III debuted at the top of the charts this week, marking the platform holder’s second No.1 of the year. The hugely popular action title follows the success of the Heavy Rain and knocks Final Fantasy XIII down to third place. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 holds onto …

New modern studio to give group more legpace and expansion options

Development of Pikmin 3 is well under way”, according to a recent comment from Official Nintendo Magazine. The publication left a post on their Twitter feed saying: ONM is at the BAFTAs. Miyamoto just told us Pikmin 3 development is well under way." No other details including release window, gameplay …

Expanding racing studio makes key hire for its international ambitions

The man who many see as the main barrier to Australia’s introduction of a R18+ ratings certificate, Attorney-General Michael Atkinson, is to leave Parliamant in 2014. Atkinson has been involved in a number of controversies over his two decades in Government, the most recent of which is his resolute stance …