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New German games expo Gamescom welcomed 240,000 visitors through its doors last week, with its success leading to organisers Koelnmesse to hail it as the world’s largest games trade event. In total 458 companies exhibited at the show, representing 31 different countries. This, according to Koelnmesse, makes Gamescom the world’s …

Scotland poised to seize the opportunity

Organiser Think services hails its â??truly successful eventâ??, GDC Europe 2010 dated

Microsoft could have more than just an Xbox 360 price cut up its sleeve – one analyst believes the platform holder could be on the verge of revealing an Xbox 360 Slim. When asked about the possibility of slimmed down console to rival Sony’s upcoming new machine, DFC Intelligence’s David …

Develop launches a week-long focus on the innovative region

Organisers hail its consumer/trade show a â??complete successâ??, Gamescom 2010 dated

Despite England’s nail-biting series victory to regain the Ashes from rivals Australia over the weekend, Codemasters’ cricket title couldn’t quite replicate the accomplishment of Andrew Strauss’ men, with Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort reclaiming the top spot in the ESLPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. Ashes 2009 actually has to settle …

Blizzard describes the editor as â??an engineâ??, allowing modders to sell maps

Do you have a pic of your sales director doing the dosey doe with Lara Croft? Perhaps your MD had his arms round a man dressed as Croc – with a face that said ‘this is definitely going to be bigger than Mario’. Or maybe the office dream of ‘Naked …

nVidia is offering consumers a free downloadable version of Batman: Arkham Asylum with some of its newest graphics cards. Consumers who purchase the GeForce GTX 260, GTX 275 or GTX 285 from participating online retailers will receive a coupon for the digital download of the PC edition of Eidos’ highly …