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Sony has revealed details of its first ever dedicated PS3 Christmas TV campaign in Europe – which will concentrate on the high definition capabilities of the system. Themed around the tagline ‘Entertainment like you’ve never seen it before’, 60 and 30-second ads will run on UK TV from December 1st. …

With its dominance currently being felt the world over (though maybe not perhaps quite as strongly as it once was in Japan ) Nintendo’s powerhouse console the Wii is celebrating another record success – this time in Australia. The machine has just become the fastest console to reach the 200,000 …

MMO middleware company signs up 10 new clients in first month

One of the first titles to make the move from boxed-retail to digital-download, Eidos’ Tomb Raider: Anniversary, has today arrived on Xbox Live. Those who already own Tomb Raider: Legend are able to download the two different packs that comprise the game – each at a cost of 1200 Microsoft …

The 2008 edition of Microsoftâ??s ubiquitous Visual Studio is now out â?? Develop talks you through the key featuresâ?¦

Managing director Jim Bambra and technical director Alex McLean talk to Develop about whatâ??s changed for Pivotal in its yearâ??s as an internal team and as it works on a next-gen titleâ?¦

'Our approach is different' says UK studio as it talks up design for new Conflict game and in-house tech

In-game ad firm Double Fusion thinks so

Mystery licensee working on version of popular engine for Nintendo's machine

THQ’s Ian Curran is confident that the firm can match its UK full-year performance last year – and pledged to catch Electronic Arts in the publisher tables. On November 1st, the firm posted a $7 million net loss for its second quarter, down from the previous year’s net income of …