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The society that charges retailers to play music in their stores has decided to lower its price for video game demos. High Street stores are now required to pay just 75.90 a year – a far cry from the 140.90 to 465.90 (depending on store size) quoted earlier this month. …

Retailer GAME is to open a huge number of its stores at midnight on the night of March 24th to welcome the arrival of Nintendo’s brand new portable marvel – the 3DS. Most stores will open their doors around 11:45pm and will remain open for around an hour, or for …

Having sent shooter fans into overdrive at the end of last week, it now looks as if the expected reveal of Modern Warfare 3 at this week’s GDC is a fake. Just hours after a mystery website featuring a Modern Warfare-styled countdown appeared online, Activision issued a statement denying any …

Having enjoyed a tremendous launch in Japan over the weekend, Nintendo’s 3DS has already received its first bit of bad news – hackers have got the R4 piracy device up and running on the handheld. Destructoid reports that the internet is already alight with examples of Japanese users running illegal …

UK newspaper The Sun is trying to stir up trouble for Ubisoft’s upcoming Wii and PS3 game We Dare. A new trailer for the title turned heads last week thanks to its focus on cheeky adult-orientated fun such as bottom slapping and nose rubbing. However, the Sun has latched onto …

It has emerged this afternoon that despite repeated calls for a union between the UK’s two video games trade bodies, developer organisation Tiga has outright abandoned any chance of the proposal. Furthermore, Tiga has issued a stark reply to those calling for a single organisation, claiming that "Tiga is that …

Former staff members of recently defunct developer Bizarre Creations have established a new Liverpool-based studio named Lucid Games. Formed by ‘senior management and experienced industry professionals’, Lucid is already undertaking a recruitment drive the seeks to create some 50 jobs. The existing team members are also presently in talks with …

Publisher EA has announced that an exclusive version of the track ‘I’m Not Calling You A Liar’ from Florence and the Machine’s debut album lungs will feature in Dragon Age II. With the band’s full blessings and enthusiasm, we isolated Florence’s original vocals from one of their most unique songs …

Codemasters will invest millions in promoting its four big releases this year. This will include an investment of 1m each on Operation Flashpoint: Red River and Dirt 3, which are due to arrive in April and May respectively. Scheduled for April 21st, Red River is the firm’s first release of …

There’s no doubt 2010 was a pivotal year for Codemasters corporately. A re-structuring of ownership saw multi-gazillion dollar Indian conglomerate Reliance take a 50 per cent stake in the company and sit alongside joint owners Balderton Capital, in a deal that did nothing less than shore up the future of …