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Midway has confirmed that The Wheelman will arrive on PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 20th. Developed between Midway Newcastle and Vin Diesel’s Tigon Studios, The Wheelman will be backed by a ‘multi-million dollar’ marketing campaign, and the publisher hopes to turn the title into a full-blown movie. And a …

New team dedicated to 'social experiences' on Xbox 360 working in UK capital

A host of names have stepped up to back next year’s Gamescom event. The city of Cologne and its Mayor plus the G.A.M.E. trade association have joined the likes of Nintendo, EA, Sega, Microsoft, Sony and the other members of German trade group BIU to support to support the new …

The attendance at Arsenal’s top of the table Premiership clash with Manchester Utd last weekend was 60,106 – but that number was dwarfed by another major London event taking place a little further south. Electronic Arts’ Be The One event once again proved a real jewel in the crown of …

EAâ??s latest console chart release Mirrorâ??s Edge showcases Nvidia physics tech

GAME-owned UK games retailer Gamestation has launched a Half Price promotion as the festive push steps up a gear on the High Street. Titles leading the selection include the PS3 version of EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company for 19.99, Sega’s Wii outing Samba De Amigo for 17.49, Atari’s What’s Cooking with …

London-based games publisher System 3 has announced that the recently departed editor of Future’s Official Nintendo Magazine Chandra Nair has joined the firm as Brand Manager. Nair’s first duty is to develop the publisher’s Ferrari Challenge brand into a market-leading franchise. With 13 years of experience across retail, publishing and …

A leaked memo has reportedly revealed that Home 1.0, the version of Sony’s hyped social networking software that will eventually be released to the public, will become available to closed beta testers tomorrow. CVG reports the memo as reading: 1.0 will arrive in the closed beta this Thursday November 20th …

You can find the original version of this article here. The New Xbox Experience is in the process of being deployed to all Xbox LIVE members, but it will take a few hours for everyone to get the prompt to update to NXE….be patient! In the meantime I thought I …

Undercover multimedia gaming collective goes the way of publisherâ??s casual label; question mark now hangs over Boom Blox 2