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Ahead of the release of DS pair Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver in North America on March 14th, it has been revealed that both games will come bundled with a bonus accessory – the Pokewalker. Kotaku reports that branded pedometer offers more than simply a step recorder – it can …

SCEE has confirmed to VG247 that the recently revealed God of War: Ultimate Trilogy will retail for 109.99 in the UK. The SKU bundles the upcoming God of War III as well as HD remakes of both God of War and God of War II, which until now have only …

Unverified anonymous blog post lists number of alleged problems at the studio

Publisher EA has confirmed that it is working on a next-gen addition to popular retro sports brand NBA Jam. Talk of the game first emerged early last week and was stoked with news that Mark Turmell, one of the faces behind the series’ 1993 debut, has joined EA as senior …

First game's design director praises Nintendo's console

Just last week Sega cited the disappointing sales of Madworld as one of the reasons behind its reluctance to publish future mature-rated games on the Wii – but now the game’s developer has said that it would very much like to return to the IP. The Wii is a very …

With Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightening Thief, the first film based on Rick Riordan’s successful book series, due out later this year it has been confirmed that Activision has captured the rights to publish the associated video game. On the way for Nintendo’s DS, the title is described …

UK game association outlines its action plan for the next twelve months

As Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 spends its ninth week at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, it has been revealed that the game is now the third best selling title (in unit terms) of all time in the UK. With seemingly no …

But is the industry convinced that weâ??ll finally see a change of heart at Whitehall?