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SCEA has released details of what will most be likely become a highly sought after Ultimate Edition of the upcoming PS3 exclusive God of War III. Coming in a high-end sculpted replica of Pandora’s Box” the UE will, alongside the game itself, include a number of notable additions. Chief amongst …

Recently released headline Wii title Wii Sports Resort has sold nearly 7m copies since its release in June, according to platform holder Nintendo. As of last week the game had sold 6.97m units. Its predecessor, Wii Sports, has now passed the 50m global sales mark thanks to sales of 4.8m …

Preview of this Thursday's one-day conference now live on Develo-online.net

From this Friday gamers will for the first time be able to legally buy Rockstar’s unedited version of controversial stealth action outing Manhunt 2. Though the game is currently available off the shelf, online retailer Direct2Drive will from this Friday offer the ‘AO’ (Adults Only) version of the title for …

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Gaming service to be phased out in 2010 in favour of Ovi Store

There are many certainties in football – Didier Drogba will score goals, Shay Given will save penalties and Rafael Benitez will always sub off his main goal threat. To that list of certainties you can also add that a new Football manager title will always debut in top spot in …

UNITE '09: 6,500 additional signups since 'free Unity' announcement

Nimrod's Mark Canham on lesson's gleaned from a trip to other side

Nokia has confirmed that its N-Gage platform will be phased out next year, with all the company’s mobile games activities to be channelled through Ovi Store instead. The news will surprise few in the industry, as most of the execs involved with the N-Gage platform have either left Nokia or …