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Def Jam Rapstar set to land on Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 this winter, with 4mm looking to integrate community features

Sony Ericsson has lifted the lid on its new Aino device – a mobile phone that can play PS3 titles on the move via Remote Play. To date Remote Play has only been available to PSP owners allowing the playing of both PS3, PSN and PSOne titles on the move …

Publisher Bethesda has explained its decision to release its Fallout 3 DLC at retail, stating that the broader market is simply not willing to download games. The firm is set to release three new retail SKUs for Fallout 3 this year, including Fallout 3 Add-on Pack 1 (which features DLC …

MCV sister-site Licensing.biz is sporting a sleek upgrade that reinforces its position as the leading news source for the global licensing industry. The B2B site offers breaking stories, industry comment, interviews with leading names, company spotlights and brand profiles. The new site also brings with it a number of new …

With more and more games adopting a post-release maintenance system, having data about your playersâ?? experiences is more important than ever if you want to keep people involved. Ed Fear takes a look at the metrics tools availableâ?¦

A somewhat vague story on The Wall Street Journal claims that EA will use its upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 to push its console digital distribution ambitions. The piece states that EA believes its can achieve better revenues online than in can through retail, as the growth of online …

Adventure studio thinks Timelord 'would be really good for us'

Watch the video: Sonyâ??s online service bolstered by a virtual variant of Relentlessâ?? popular quiz game

...but Capcom's Ryozo Tsujimoto sees there is plenty the East can take from the US and Europe

Microsoft is trying to make history with a new 360 title, it seems – by developing a system that allows for 300,000 players simultaneously. A job posting released by the firm has called for "an experienced server developer to help develop our server architecture. We are building an extremely high …