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In what has become an annual ritual at UK retail, this Friday’s release of FIFA 10 looks likely to spark a fierce price war at the nation’s supermarkets. Though we’ve yet to receive final confirmation from any individual chain, reports are suggesting that Tesco will be selling the Xbox 360 …

Esteemed developer celebrates twenty years in the game sector - by reliving failed attempts at getting a foot in the door

With the launch of the PSPgo just two days away now, developer Subatomic Studios has confirmed that its tower defence title Fieldrunners – which has already enjoyed huge success on iPhone – will be a launch title on Sony’s PSP Minis digital delivery service. There’s lots more information on this …

Those who do risk becoming redundant, says Develop columnist

Microsoft’s interesting experiment in episodic content has officially kicked off with the release of Fable II Episode 1 on Xbox Live. The 2GB free download offers gamers a sizable chunk of Lionhead’s title for nothing. The idea is that gamers will like what they see and then shell out real …

It was an interesting idea on paper but in reality Uncharted 2’s integrated Twitter functionality became very irksome very quickly – and developer Naughty Dog has responded by temporarily disabling the functionality. Anyone with either developers of journalists on their Twitter feed may well have seen an eruption of updates …

Passes available at discounted £215 rate until October 12th

In what is fast appearing as the game industry’s largest ever mass-migration from East to West, mega-publisher Square Enix is rumoured to be reducing as many as 300 staff from its native base in Japan. The rumours, first reported by Kotaku, come as Square Enix continues to pour its sizable …

Capcom has revealed it hopes to bring Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition to Xbox 360 owners. The game was announced for PS3 at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, and adds support for Sony’s Motion Controller. It also includes extra content, including a playable sequence set in the original Resident Evil …

Age of Conan developer offing its Norwegian workforce the chance to relocate