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Microsoft is to release a second boxed title in its Lips series this October as the franchise continues to wrestle with console-karaoke king SingStar for home gaming supremacy. Lips: Number One Hits will, unlike the business model employed by Sony, include all of the debut release’s tracks on the disc …

Sony has confirmed it will launch a new PS3 hardware bundle across the UK this Friday, as part of the company’s plan to promote the launch of the promising action title inFamous. An SCEE representative confirmed that key UK retailers will be stocking an 80GB PS3 package complete with a …

Ex-THQ studio saved by Massachusetts MMO developer

Company cites â??a number of high profile and very positiveâ?? review scores

The game might not hit retail for six months, but Activision is kick-starting the UK hype for Modern Warfare 2 today – with a premiere for the game during tonight’s Champions League final. The game, sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – one of the best-selling games of …

Latin America’s largest video game event, the Electronic Game Show, will return this year at the Expo Bancomer centre in Santa Fe; one of Mexico City’s key business districts. The event will take place from October 23-25 with companies such as Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Konami, Activision and THQ already signing …

Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Konami, Activision and THQ all signing up for the October event

Industry veteran David Perry will no longer be showing his cloud gaming service, Gaikai, to the press at E3. According to a post on his confirmed Twitter account, Perry implied that the reason for withdrawing from press demos was down to complications regarding patent filings. Perry will still demonstrating the …

Vancouver-based Propaganda Games is working on a new Pirates of the Caribbean RPG, publisher Disney Interactive has announced. Disney-owned Propaganda, the team behind the most recent iteration of Turok, is developing Armada of the Damned for next-generation consoles”, though no specific platforms were announced beyond PC. The RPG title is …

Cloud gaming service only viewable for publishers at E3 due to patent complications