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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 …

Our Scotland focus kicks off with a look at the region's industry

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has pledged to triple its games-related ad spend in an attempt to drive hardware sales this Christmas. Speaking during the firm’s entertainment conference last week, games manager Gurdeep Hunjan revealed Sainsbury’s games strategy for Christmas 2009 and beyond – which it believes will help it claim five …

Studio to focus on World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm, despite â??new IPâ?? rumours

Brett Close steps down after two years, Jennifer MacLean promoted to CEO

The GAME Group has opened its first Gamestation store outside of the UK, MCV can reveal. The firm has unveiled a mall-based store in Alcala de Henares in Central Spain, 20 miles East of Madrid. GAME currently owns 1,342 stores across the UK, France, Spain, Scandinavia and Australia. In the …

Capcom claims it's joining the Delay Club for sincere development reasons

Tesco Direct is listing Sony’s PSPgo for 199.97 – 25 less than Sony’s recommended price. Other retailers are sticking to the 224.99 pricetag, but may now feel pressured to cut the price of the system to compete. The site states a launch date of October 2nd – a day later …

SCEE president Andrew House has answered those who claim that Sony’s 50 PS3 price cut didn’t go far enough by saying that a 50 drop was simply as far as the platform holder could go. Of course consumers will absolutely always say 100 off is better than 50,” House admitted. …