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Adult entertainment giant Playboy is to press ahead with plans to form a new digital video games label this year and has reached an agreement with German games specialist Bigpoint to back the service. The publisher and developer will play a key part is the creation of games content for …

Move is unlikely to be a massive sales success on day one when it lands in the UK on September 17th – instead, Sony believes that the device will sell over time thanks to word-of-mouth amongst consumers. Exactly as with EyeToy in the PS2 days, it’s a product that needs …

Cult Japanese developer Cave has published its second game on Apple’s App Store. Launched overnight, Dodonpachi Resurrection is the first home version of arcade hit DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu and offers Cave’s trademark ‘bullet-hell’ gameplay. It includes both the original arcade version of the game and an adapted iPhone interpretation. The game …

Multiformat magazine GamesTM is honouring its 100-issue landmark with a range of special covers. The monthly publication will print 100 limited edition covers for next month’s edition, which hits shelves on September 2nd. These focus on the ‘greatest games of all time’ including Super Mario World, Elite, Doom, Paperboy and …

The Government has passed a bill that could class video game PR launches and goodies as ‘bribes’. Section 7 will create a new offence next spring that charges firms failing to prevent bribery with an unlimited fine or up to ten years imprisonment. However, the industry’s leading press officers say …

Plans for the UK games industry’s fourth week-long celebration of video games are starting to shape up. This year’s London Games Festival will kick off with a high-profile opening ceremony at Earls Court on September 30th, and for the next month take in a raft of industry events – culminating …

American retailer Target is to join the likes of Best Buy, Walmart, 7-Eleven and Toys R Us in offering shoppers the chance to trade in their old games and consoles for in-store credit. Its pre-owned scheme was yesterday debuted in Northern California and is expected to be rolled out to …

Having opened up the world of iPhone jailbreaking to a whole new audience earlier this month, Dev-Team has confirmed that it will not be releasing an updated version designed to work with the latest 4.0.2 iPhone firmware. Currently the jamilbreakme.com hack works with all firmware up to 4.1. All a …

3D has become crucial to Sony’s global plans, and the firm has offered to help the games industry keep pace. SCE CEO Kaz Hirai says PlayStation plays a vital role in the 3D masterplan, which involves almost every part of Sony’s business. In February, the company set up a 3D …

SCE CEO Kaz Hirai has ruled out future digital-only PlayStation consoles – despite being the first platform holder to launch one with PSPgo. We do business in parts of the world where network infrastructure isn’t as robust as one would hope,” he said. There’s always going to be requirement for …