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The first person shooter is one of the world’s most popular video game genres, with the likes of Halo and Call of Duty dominating the charts. Christopher Dring investigates the sector and talks to the experts on the past, present and future of the FPS… Believe it or not, the …

Electronic Arts has announced it will be releasing a new downloadable content pack for Fight Night Round 4 in early December. The pack will be available for Xbox 360 and PS3, and introduces two brand new games modes to the acclaimed boxing title. According to EA, Old School Rules will …

You can decide for yourself whether it’s proof of a dramatic PS3 resurgence or a troubling Wii decline, but a recent confession from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is certainly evidence of an increasingly heated and competitive battleground in the Japanese video games market. Speaking about the Japanese market at an …

Warner Bros Entertainment UK president and MD Josh Berger is to expand his role to include Spain on December 1st. Berger will work with the local executives of the various Warner Bros. business units in the territory. These include games arm Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – as well as Warner …

Umbraâ??s occlusion culling tech used by BioWare for graphical punch

Virtual pet simulator Nintendogs remains one of Nintendo’s most successful DS titles, but in the years since its release there’s been no hint of a successor – until now. Talk of a new game in Nintendo’s pet series will be no surprise, but what is interesting is that it seems …

Activision Blizzard’s Modern Warfare 2 has been illegally downloaded over a week before release, according to blogs dedicated to the game. In devastating news for retail, one online source reports the that game has already been ripped for modded or ‘flashed’ Xbox 360 owners – and is available for illegal …

The UK’s first rehab centre for gaming addiction has swung open its doors. Broadway Lodge, a residential rehabilitation unit in Weston-super-Mare, treats around 400 addicts a year for a range of issues including, drink, drugs and gambling – but has now added gaming to the list of vices that it …

Sony studio collaborates for an online, 3D turn-based strategy

505 Games will become the only publisher in the country to release a flagship Q4 release in the same week as Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 next month – and has no fear of the epic shooter. Retail has ordered more units of Cooking Mama 3 than any other title in …