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GameHorizon: Upcoming game was the studio's first project, commencing before Crackdown and funded by a $30m VC investment

Having first been revealed over four years ago, Namco Bandai has at last named a release date of October 27th for Xbox 360 and PS3 brawler Tekken 6, according to GameSpot. That’s for North America, of course – though no European date has been confirmed, an October 30th arrival now …

Sony is currently showcasing the PS3’s new motion controller to its development partners, providing extended information on the device’s properties. The new PlayStation Eye-trackable peripheral will integrate force feedback, according to an article at news site Kotaku. The report adds that Sony has already provided face-tracking and head-tracking capability in …

Young starting developer set to finish its debut title Darksiders, begins Warhammer game

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The UK video games market weekly value has dipped once again, down five per cent when compared to the week before. According to MCV calculations, based on today’s Gfk-ChartTrack/ELSPA weekly report, the UK market has hit 20.2 million for the weekend ending June 20th. Unit sales dipped four per cent …

The ability to constantly reinvent how a console works and the functionality it offers has undoubtedly been one of the greatest innovations of the current generation of machines – and now Microsoft has for the first time started talking about its next significant Xbox 360 update. VG247 reports that in …

Apple has confirmed that sales of its latest iPhone, the 3GS, have hit the one million mark globally – after just three days on the market. On top of the sales triumph, Apple has also confirmed that its 3.0 OS, available to both iPhone 3G and iPod Touch owners, has …

Publisher Take-Two has signed an agreement with a ‘well known’ studio to develop an unannounced Duke Nukem game, according to a GamePolitics report, despite the fate of the current Forever project suspended in legal flux. Court documents filed last week by former Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms – in …

After a few attempts to cool rising speculation surrounding a new Xbox 360 SKU, Microsoft has turned to its CEO, Steve Ballmer – the very individual who provoked the rumours – to adequately close the debate. Last week the idiosyncratic Microsoft boss reportedly claimed that a ‘new‘ Xbox 360 is …