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Gaming may nowadays be a pursuit for all ages, but that doesn’t mean that the appetite for the hobby amongst kids has diminished – indeed, new research from US stats firm NPD suggests that games are dominated parent’s Christmas spending power in 2008. For the five weeks up to and …

The latest instalment to Sega’s popular racing franchise, OutRun Online Arcade, will arrive on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow and Sony’s PlayStation Network the following day, it has been confirmed. The game will cost 800 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 and 7.99 on PSN. OutRun Online Arcade is the …

John Lewis has seen mixed results at its electricals and home technology department, after sales fell overall by 13.9 per cent year on year. The retailer put much of the fall down to lower sales of vision products compared to the same last year. However, according to director of selling …

Nintendo has named June 12th as the day that it will release its motion-enhancing Wii MotionPlus peripheral in Europe – a full six weeks before the arrival of Wii Sports Resort on July 24th. Wii MotionPlus comes in the form of a dongle that plugs into the bottom of a …

Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has altered the terms of conditions of its three year Xbox 360 warranty scheme to include problems related to the common E74 error. In 2007 Microsoft admitted that it was, at the time, not happy with the number of Xbox 360’s suffering the so-called Red …

The failure of Rockstar’s critically-adored Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars to trouble the higher end of the charts has lead one analyst to predict that there are unlikely to be many more 18-rated games released for Nintendo DS. Though the US March sales figures are not known, analysts predict that …

The debate surrounding age ratings has dominated the gaming headlines in Australia over the past 12 months. However, the lack of an adult certification hasn’t affected the industry’s growth. According to GFK, the Australian video game market in 2008 grew 47.8 per cent year-on-year, with revenues reaching $1.96 billion, a …

That must be galling for the country’s leading supermarket, and the world’s fourth largest retailer. But today’s cover story proves that this is set to change, with the retail giant finally revealing its plan for gaming – and pledging that it won’t drop the ball again. To call this an …

Rising Star Games has signed the rights to a major new franchise from the Japanese creator of the internationally successful Hello Kitty licence. Angel Cat Sugar has already spawned over 200 products across various categories in Asia and Europe. The video game will arrive in Europe just in time for …

Future Publishing has appointed two new editors to continue Edge Online’s development, following this morning’s news that the site’s former editorial team has left the publication. As part of the site’s closer integration with Edge magazine, Alex Wiltshire, previously the magazine’s deputy editor, has been made Edge Online’s editor. Tom …