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A new retail-focused show called GamePlan will take place in a central London hotel over June 5th and 6th 2008. Co-organised by Barrington Harvey and Tandem Events, it will provide a meeting place for publishers and retailers to do business away from the razzmatazz of a stand-based show. "Since E3 …

As well as confirming that a demo of the game will appear on Xbox Live next Wednesday, Midway has apparently confirmed that its upcoming WWII FPS Hour of Victory will be released on June 22nd, according to Eurogamer . The demo, much like the game, will offer three playable characters …

The team behind Lego Star Wars hasn't yet exhausted George Lucas' six films for material - it's working on another game in the franchise and will remake the poorly-reviewed Nintendo DS version.

Valve has revealed that some 13 million gamers have now signed up to use its Steam digital downloads service. The developer best know for its ultra-successful Half-Life franchise has also announced that more than 150 PC games can now be downloaded via the service. In Steam’s case, we have millions …

Crackdown creator Realtime Worlds is backing Abertay University's Dare to be Digital competition.

Mobile games developer Gameloft has entered an elite group - it has made a game for the iPod.

In-game advertising network IGA has forged a deal with online games developer Artix.

Scottish studio Denki will see some of its set-top-box games hit the US following a deal with DIRECTV.

A new games course in Scotland says it has the answer to the industry's skills shortage.

A new 3D world engine is on the way from Icarus Studios.