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The mobile app designed to accompany Activision’s Call of Duty: Elite service has been delayed. The publisher doesn’t want to add extra strain on its service while it is still working to stabilise it in the face of huge user numbers. It had been due to go live last week. …

It’s perhaps one of the more far-fetched games rumours you’ll read today, but there’s no denying it’s a delicious one. Blog WiiUGo, which has before leaked accurate information, reckons that publishers EA and Valve are currently engaged in a fierce bidding war to secure exclusive rights to Nintendo’s online service …

Publisher EA has revealed that hundreds” of players have been banned from playing Battlefield 3 due to cheating. And it’s not just on PC either, as some console users have also been unceremoniously blocked. Those found guilty of breaching the rules must not only endure being locked out of their …

Tomorrow sees the release of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 exclusive Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. The game is an HD reworking of 2011 Xbox title sorts new visuals and new features, but is at core the very same game that established Halo as a gaming mega-brand ten years ago tomorrow. This is …

Trying to better Call of Duty at its own game is a pointless task, right? Trying to chart ahead of the new Call of Duty in its debut week is absurd. Or maybe not. For although Modern Warfare 3 may have re-written the UK record books, a quick look at …

EA has announced that the PS3 versions of Need for Speed: The Run will include seven free cars not found in the Xbox 360 SKU. Only two of the seven have thus far been announced – the speedy 4.8L Lexus LFA and the Porsche Carrera GT. The only place you’ll …

Cloud technologies could have an important role to play in the future of Xbox, an executive at Microsoft has said. Microsoft tech evangelist Brian Prince took stage at GDC China this weekend and told attendees that there’s a distant future of gaming in the cloud”. He said "you will be …

Having enjoyed in-store success with its technology offering, HMV has now opened its first dedicated technology store. Called HMV Techshop, it’s located in London’s One New Change shopping centre in a 1,200 sq ft store located where Foyles bookstore used to be. It will stock an array of products such …

This week is a huge five days for big releases, and GAME is hoping to grab as much market share as possible with a raft of great offers. Tomorrow sees the release of two huge games – Microsoft’s Halo Combat Evovled: Anniversary Edition and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, and GAME …

The Virtual Console version of Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers will offer online multiplayer over Nintendo’s network. It’s a surprise addition to the game, but certainly a welcome one – particularly when you consider how unwilling many publishers have been to rework any of the elements in their …