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Speculation might be mounting that Microsoft is on the verge of signing a deal for satellite firm Sky’s, but in the meantime the firm has confirmed other video content for the 360. Namely, its US-only media player’s Zune Video Marketplace is to be available via the console for users in …

Never one to shy away from the eye-catching, Rockstar has named its next piece of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV – The Ballad of Gay Tony. Sporting a rainbow-tinted logo and guns, glitz, and grime”, the second piece of GTA IV DLC will …

SPECIAL REPORT: Firm confirms portable gaming plan â?? but strategy and timing not confirmed yet

New 360 DLC named, arriving this autumn; New GTA SKU heading to retail

Microsoft is partnering its Xbox 360 with Sky TV for a new media sharing deal, according to a new report. Claiming to reveal the details of an announcement Microsoft teased last week and which will be made this Thursday, trade publication Rapid TV News has this evening posted that "the …

Krome CEO says the games press often overlooks the problematic rise in dev costs, claims the industry is 'struggling' as a whole

Nintendo has confirmed that space adventurer Samus Aran is to take the centre stage in its next Play Control release – Metroid Prime Trilogy. The game will include GameCube pair Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, as well as Wii outing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. All will include WiiMote …

While Alan Wake, Assassinâ??s Creed and Splinter Cell devs will offer expert development insight

Despite recent revelations that Microsoft-owned in-game advertiser Massive Inc has shed its full-time workforce by 28 per cent, a new study believes that the modern marketing practice is set for serious investment. In fact, according to analyst group Screen Digest, in-game advertising investment will total over $1bn by 2014. In …

Defunct UK retailer Woolworths could yet rise from the dead with the news that former MD Tony Page is negotiating with investors with a view to securing a 10m deal to buy up 200 of the chain’s former outlets. The Times reports that Woolies’ former boss was last year involved …