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After a prolonged delay, the PS3 version of Sony’s popular karaoke series SingStar is finally nearing release, and Sony has at last revealed final details about the pricing and availability of extra tracks through the company’s SingStore service. Additional songs will cost 99p a shot, and SingStore will launch alongside …

Runescape developer reveals plans for new titles for audiences around the world

Australian association gets Canadian expert to talk up benefit of subsidies at conference

Fallout veteran Anderson hired to head new MMO

Third party accessories firm Mad Catz has acquired fellow PC peripherals outfit Saitek in a deal worth $30 million. Saitek specialises in PC accessories, multimedia audio products, chess and intelligent games, and is one of the market leaders in the flight sim controller market. In its last financial year the …

It’s a rumour that just refuses to go away – but in a post on its forums, 2K Games has once again stated, in quite an uncompromising fashion, that there will be no PS3 port of its successful Xbox 360 FPS Bioshock. CVG reports that in response to yet another …

Continuing our exclusive extract from the governmentâ??s Playing for Keeps report, Games Investor Consulting looks at the leading business models and distribution channels in use todayâ?¦

Managing director of EA UK Keith Ramsdale has accepted that the current domestic age ratings system – shared between the British Board of Film Classification and PEGI – may change forever as result of the Government Byron Review. The head of the Review, Dr. Tanya Byron, previously told MCV that …

Nintendo’s anticipated Wii platformer aiming to beat away challenges from the likes of Bioshock, Orange Box and Call of Duty 4 This time last month MCV was reporting that EA’s The Orange Box was looking to be the odds-on favourite to become the most critically hailed title of not only …