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The long-awaited arrival of Final Fantasy XIII may still be some way off, but fans of Square Enix’s popular series will be able to get their teeth stuck into a brand new outing in the shape of Dissidia Final Fantasy this September. The PSP-only title boasts the largest ever cast …

Ubisoft has joined forces with customer care experts RightNow to provide a new service to support its gamers. The publisher’s new phone self-service channel boasts an interactive voice response software that interacts with customers using prompts and speech recognition technology. The service gathers information from the caller and uses it …

Artificial Technology secures second round of funding ahead of new engine reveal at GamesCom

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Japanese publisher Capcom is to pillage its supremely rich back-catalogue of retro titles for a slew of releases on Sony’s PlayStation Network, all of which will be playable on both PS3 and PSP.

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â??A lot of people look upon Microsoft as the company behind Windows and Office,â? says Relentless co-founder

â??Itâ??s usually the core audience that cares about having their consoles online"

There are plenty of opportunities listed on the jobs board this week

Relentless co-founder talks PS3, casual games, Buzz and digital distribution

Rockstar’s next-gen opus Grand Theft Auto IV is getting the budget treatment in Japan with news that the Capcom published title is to be ushered in to the PlayStation Best discount range. Kotaku reports that that the new version will be released on August 27th and will cost YEN 3,900 …