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NCsoft has announced its upcoming MMO, Aion: The Tower Of Eternity, has generated almost 400,000 pre-orders. The game, which introduces aerial combat to the usual MMORPG fare, is due for release on September 22nd in the US and on September 25th in the UK. Anyone who has pre-ordered the game …

Delegates have just one day left to book their place at London Games Conference at a special early bird discount rate. Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, big name publishers, leading edge developers and pioneers of digital distribution will all form part of a wide-ranging programme at the first ever London Games Conference …

Likes of ESRB and PEGI will overview Minis in their jurisdiction

Legendary video games developer Charles Cecil and Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons are to co-host their first public screening at BAFTA, Piccadilly on October 5th. The presentation, dubbed Reinventing A Gaming Classic: iPhone Beneath a Steel Sky” will examine the pair’s achievements and discuss their new partnership going forwards as they …

A feature on the Sony PlayStation 3 on BBC’s consumer rights show Watchdog last night has left the UK games industry unimpressed thanks to a string of inaccuracies and questionable data. Kicking off with the claim that PS3 costs 400 – something that hasn’t been true for nearly two years …

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November’s GameOn London consumer video games expo has been cancelled, MCV can reveal. The show, which was announced earlier this year amidst fanfare around a collaboration with HMV, has been called off for a variety of reasons according to the organiser Creative Games Media. A statement from the team said: …

PS3 platform holder Sony has spoken out against tonight’s episode of BBC consumer rights show Watchdog, which will feature a segment presented by Iain Lee investigating claims that Sony is refusing to fix consoles suffering from what has become known as the yellow light of death”. YLOD is a term …

A limited number of Trade Tickets for this year’s Games Media Awards are now on sale. The GMAs take place at Camden Jongleurs on the evening of Thursday, October 15th. It’s the single biggest gathering of games media of the year. You may or may not consider this to be …