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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 …

Individual postings just £50 each until the end of June

It’s hardly the biggest surprise in the world, but a new poster advertising campaign in the US has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII will be released in the region in 2010 – scuppering any lingering hopes that the game would make it to retail this year. The confirmation comes form …