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And Sony studio prepares for another five years with user-generated content hint

Mike McGarvey, the COO of controversial new streaming games service OnLive, has explained that his firm will not be attending next month’s E3 event in LA as it has no reason to talk to retail. Speaking on his blog of the fact that OnLive will supposedly eradicate the need for …

To celebrate SingStar's fifth birthday today, we bring you a full time line of the series' history.

GDC behind-closed-door briefings detailed PSPâ??s digital game rental service

A cornerstone of the demographic explosion in video games, SingStar is five years old today. What better time to take a look at why the series is stronger than ever. Will Freeman sat down with three of the developers in charge of the franchise at Sonyâ??s London Studioâ?¦

8 out of 10 developers prefer Northern comics, apparently

Boom Blox designer Robin Hunicke joins Flow and Flower team ThatGameCompany

More people in America play video games than go to the cinema, according to a recent survey carried out by the NPD group. Around two-thirds (63 per cent) of North Americans have played a game in the past six months, whereas only 53 per cent have gone to the movies …

Two-day event to discuss a broad range of topics from sexuality and ethnicity in videogames to sound design

Sega has announced gameplay details for its highly anticipated Aliens vs. Predator game, which is scheduled for release in early 2010. The game lets players take control of either an Alien, Predator or Marine, with distinct campaigns that interweave with each other. Gamers can then take any of the races …