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Two weeks remain for Vodafoneâ??s App Star competition

Is this what it’s going to be like all the way until Q4? The latest action in the war of words between platform holders Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo comes courtesy of Sony’s American CEO Jack Tretton, who has urged gamers wanting to get their hands on Natal to instead drop …

Social networks are transforming the platform, says Lionhead boss

Its arrival was always inevitable, but nonetheless Sony has for the first time gone on record to confirm that Killzone 3 is definitely on the way for PS3. However, an arrival in time for Christmas this year perhaps looks a little less likely now than it once did. Speaking to …

How successful has the LEGO franchise been for TT Games?This year we reached 50 million LEGO games sold worldwide. That figure speaks for itself when it comes to the success of the LEGO game franchise. What’s the secret to this success? The secret is distilling the brand values of LEGO and …

It’s been a bumper 2010 so far for EA, thanks to a 3.6 per cent year-on-year rise in sell through for the publisher. The latest numbers from ELSPA GfK Chart-Track show EA claim 19.1 per cent of the year-to-date UK software market, driven in no small part by a highly …

Publisher EA has hinted that it may turn to the courts following the debut episode of the 14th series of controversial cartoon South Park, which focused on struggling golf star Tiger Woods – and his relationship with EA. Dubbed Sexual healing, the episode depicted Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 as …

Atom Developer Program free to studios for a limited time

Good news for Total PC Gaming’s staff – the magazine may have closed but ex-team members have kept their jobs. Previous editor Russell Barnes confirmed to MCV that he is moving across to Imagine Publishing’s Linux User, where he will take the role of editor. Other members of staff have …

Having been on shelves for less than a week, Square Enix’s latest RPG epic Final Fantasy XIII has already passed the 1m sales barrier in the US. Destructoid also reports that that game in now the fastest ever selling Final Fantasy title in the US – echoing the very same …