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Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect will take a small step in the traditional heartland of gaming later this year when the device receives it’s first adult-rated title. Sega’s Rise of Nightmares has been granted an M (mature) certificate in North America. It has already been granted a BBFC 18 rating in …

UK consumers will be able to rent digital PC games from Direct2Drive later this year. The service lets gamers download and play their chosen PC game for five hours. Once the trial has finished, the full game is offered at a lower price. The company – owned by IGN – …

Trion Worlds’ ambitious online RPG Rift will be digitally distributed across Eastern Europe. TripleACodes will handle the game’s downloadable client and subscriptions. Eastern Europe is PC dominant and it’s hungry for MMOs right now,” said TripleACodes’ sales director Marcus Whitney. Rift is a perfect fit for our markets. It further …

One of the most ambitious retro game collections to hit smartphones has arrived in the Apple App Store today. Free to download, Atari’s Greatest Hits offers a comprehensive collection of both some of Atari’s greatest arcade hits as well as an assortment of 2600 console titles. While the app is …

A listing on GameStop’s US site has for the first time revealed a $299.99 Collector’s Edition version of Codemasters’ Dirt 3 which comes bundled with a radio control car. Called the Ken Block Gymkhana RC Car, it’s an officially licensed Ford Fiesta design with licensed Volk Racing wheels and authentic …

The cyberwar declared on Sony by online activists Anonymous has been temporarily suspended, the group has confirmed. Sony yesterday admitted for the first time that revert outages to both its range of websites and PSN were caused by hostile actions. "We are currently investigating, including the possibility of targeted behaviour …

Compared to the other gaming platforms, the PC is a tricky beast. While traditional boxed titles are no longer driving sales in the way they once were, they are also no longer the sole avenue through which consumers can access their games. Alternative methods such as digital distribution are now …

Indie games sensation Minecraft has made over 19 million for its creator Markus Persson, the Swedish developer has said. Persson explained the early edition of the title had sold about 800,000 copies at €9.95 each, while a later version – sold at €14.95 – had been purchased over a million …

The founder of abandoned studio Bizarre Creations has broken silence on the swift collapse of the longstanding Liverpool stronghold. Martyn Chudley, who established Bizarre in 1995, that the studio’s culture had been tainted after publishing empire Activision acquired the group in 2007. We were always proudly independent," he told Edge …

A sequel to 2005 console and PC hit Sniper Elite is on the way next year from publisher 505 Games. Called Sniper Elite V2, the title is being developed by UK studio Rebellion whose other hits include Aliens vs Predator, Star Wars: Battlefront and Rogue Trooper – as well as …