Beautiful and dangerous, Africa is the second largest continent behind Asia, housing 15 per cent of the global population. Yet in terms of the games industry, Africa may as well not exist. Aside from a handful of lesser-known titles developed in the territory (Toxic Bunny, anyone?), Africa’s biggest claim to …

Brand Licensing Europe has announced a new focus on games at this year’s show, with a major focus this year going on the new Interactive Game Zone. The new area will offer each participant the chance to demonstrate their products to licensees and retailers. Competitions, demos and screenings of the …

PSPgo’s high retail price won’t have a negative impact on the system sales, says SCEE CEO Andrew House. Speaking in an interview (seen via Destructoid), House stated that Europe isn’t as driven by price as other territories, and are more concerned about long lifecycles and value proposition. "If it’s cheaper …

Play.com has won the Which? Best Online Retailer Award for the second year running. The retailer was praised for its value and customer service, and follows the firm’s triumph at the MCV Awards in April. The Which? Awards took place at the British Museum in London last night (Tuesday 9th) …

Sony’s move to grab PS3 and PSP exclusivity for Atari’s upcoming Ghostbusters title is nothing new in itself – but the region-free nature of many modern games could lead to an indie and online import rush. Destructoid has had word from the North American arm of Atari that the Xbox …

Capcom has united with Sony to bring a PSP bundle to retail promoting the latest entry in the Monster Hunter series. The bundle will include the new Mystic Silver PSP-3000, a copy of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, and a Monster Hunter-branded PSP carry-pouch, screen wipe and branded skin that fits …

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Microsoft has stated that new release titles will not be sold on its upcoming Xbox 360 games on demand service – for now. Right now the plan is to have classic titles,” Xbox Live and services boss John Schappert told Eurogamer. We’re talking about 30 titles at launch – I …

One thing universally absent from this year’s E3 was any kind of hardware price cutting from any of the major platform holders – and that’s something that Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick is not happy about. I was disappointed not to see any sort of aggressive price cutting,” he told …