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While picking up an award at the O2 Silver Clef music awards last week, Oasis singer, writer and guitarist Noel Gallagher voiced his thoughts on street violence, claiming video games were in part to blame. People say it’s through violent video games and I guess that’s got something to do …

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Former Nintendo and I-Play exec David Gosen’s first interview since returning to the console business reveals his thoughts on the console race, industry analysts and hints at some ‘game changing’ announcements ahead at E3. Head over to our Interviews and Features section for the full interview…

July 8th event to feature Margaret Hodge MP, Paul Jackson and Richard Wilson

So, why Microsoft? I had five fantastic years at Nintendo and really loved the consoles I worked on. From there I saw a great opportunity to move into mobile gaming and ran I-Play for four years, but I really wanted to come back into consoles for some really specific reasons. …

The beginning of may saw the third outing for the Game Localisation Round Table at Localisation World in Berlin. Here, organiser Miguel Bernal-Merino talks us through who was there and what was said...

Whilst Sony works on ironing out the ongoing problems with its recent significant update to PS3, PSN director Eric Lempel has said that the autumn arrival of Sony’s social network Home is on track and will be a full-blooded, non-beta release. Previously, PSN’s Susan Panico had stated the Home’s rollout …

One of modern gaming’s biggest success stories is celebrating newfound domination on Nintendo’s DS, with publisher Activision announcing that Guitar Hero On Tour sold over 300,000 copies in its first week on sale in the US, GameDaily reports. The numbers make it Activision’s largest ever DS launch by a considerable …

The organisers of the Games Up campaign have put out a call to action for further backing from UK games firms. With the launch of the official Games Up campaign site at www.gamesup.co.uk and plans to start lobbying parliament directly, the organisers are looking to drive further support from games …

In a wide-ranging report conducted by Nielsen, IGA has taken soundings from gamers on how impactuful in-game advertising is and how they feel it affects the game play experience. Among the most striking figures are that 48 per cent of consumers feel the ads ‘fit extremely well or very well’ …