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OnLive is the brainchild of Mike McGarvey (the onetime global head of Eidos) and Steve Perlman (developer of QuickTime and WebTV). It promises to allow state-of-the art online gaming without users owning a game, or even a console. All you need is a PC or Mac. Or even a TV …

There are just three weeks until this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards, with tickets and tables already close to selling out. The big night takes place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, London. Always a sell-out, the Awards attract over 600 retailers and excutives from the UK games market. …

Ratchet and Clank team working on unannounced PS3 title using Dutch system

Guy de Beer, the CEO of cloud gaming company Playcast, has suggested that OnLive has not been designed to ever become a self-contained games service, but has instead been created with the intention of selling the technology to an established player in the market – with Microsoft named as a …

Cryptic video reveals casual developer's newest title

It’s being coy with the details, but PopCap has finally revealed the title of its brand new casual games franchise – Plants vs. Zombies. The game appears to be a tower defence title where players grow defensive weapons to fend off hoards of the undead attempting to break into player’s …

Two-day workshop taking place in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Modern Warfare 2 could beat out the ‘safe bet’ X Factor and Harry Potter brands at Christmas to be the year’s top entertainment property. At least that’s according to publisher Activision. The publisher is confident the sequel can trump the success of Modern Warfare and World at War to become …

Not content with boosting its range to include Re/Play second hand titles and the Gamerbase experience stores, HMV has underlined its move towards becoming a games specialist by backing a new London consumer event. Put together in association with competitive gaming outfit UKeSA, Game On! London will take place June …

The lid has been lifted on the first full platform outing for Naughty Dog’s popular pairing Jak and Daxter for five years – Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier. However, the popular duo are not lining up a next-gen debut, with the new title set to arrive on PSP and …