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Whilst the actual launch date for Sony’s long-awaited PS3 Home social networking service remains the thing of mystery for now, Sony has at last invited gamers in Japan to apply for access to the beta version of the service. Engadget reports that an option in the Japanese PSN Store allows …

Disney Interactive Studios has unveiled Disney Think Fast for Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2. The game show-style quiz game is set to feature 5,000 questions based on both Disney trivial and general knowledge. The PlayStation 2 version will come bundled with a set of four buzzers, whilst the Wii version …

Emergent partners with Allegorithmic for free access to procedural content tool

French Ministry for the Economy says its games subsidies proves power of gaining Government support

We chart the history of a Britsoft classic that remains a unique and uncopied experience to this dayâ?¦

Handleman’s biggest UK client Tesco is set to swoop for the distributor and retain the majority of Handleman’s UK-based employees. Music Week reports that the deal is set for completion in the coming weeks. We are continuing to make good progress in our efforts to complete the wind-down of our …

Local heat contenders given support by famed developers

Studio to develop a game based on Indian sports

Ubisoft has announced that it is to publish From Software’s curiously titled latest in its mech battler series, Armored Core for Answer, on Xbox 360 and PS3 this October. The game is set in a pollution-ridden future where the world’s populace fear that the planet’s end is approaching. The title …

ChaYoWo's new base will host 100 staff by the end of December