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The money spent on games may be dwindling, but the time spent researching them certainly is not. A new Google whitepaper entitled ‘Understanding the modern Gamer’ says that desktop searches for top tier” games in the ten months before and after release have increased 20 per cent year on year. …

The first move in the anticipated FIFA 13 price war has been made. Online retailer Green Man Gaming is, for 24 hours only, offering the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions for just 34.99. The offer comes as part of a wider EA promotion, as spotted by PCGamesN, that includes Crysis …

A new crowdfunding platform built specifically for games developers is now live. Gambitious is selling itself as the first professional crowdfunding platform exclusively dedicated to the video game industry”. Though it takes its inspiration from the likes of Kickstarter, it differs in that it provides for both fan donations and …

A Chinese journalist has shone on a light on the working conditions that prompted a riot at the Foxconn factory assembling the iPhone 5. MCV reported yesterday that police were called to calm a brawl involving some 2,000 workers. The disturbance was prompted by the poor conditions that workers have …

This should be read with a very notable disclaimer – ex-employees are often not the best barometer of their former employer’s strategy. And with that in mind, former Sony America PR man Will Powers embarked on what can only be described as a Twitter rant, slamming Sony for its current …

Apple’s shiny new iPhone 5 has sold 5m units since its launch on Friday September 21st. Specifically, it hit that sales milestone after just three days on the market. It is currently available in the UK, US, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. In addition, in excess …

Traditional gaming has held its own in the face of increasing opposition this generation – but its stiffest challenge may be yet to come. American cable TV giants AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner are readying a new push into streaming gaming that will see subscribers able to play titles directly …

PopCap Dublin has been closed by parent company EA. The news comes after management admitted last month that 50 jobs had been lost from PopCap’s Seattle office and an unspecified number shaved from its Irish operations. The company then went on to say that it had entered into an exploratory …

A brawl involving upwards of 2,000 workers has forced a unit at infamous Chinese manufacturing plant Foxconn to temporarily close. Police were called in during the early hours of Monday morning to deal with the escalating situation The New York Times reports. Several people were hospitalised and a number arrested. …

The idea that Nintendo has blocked the release of Bayonetta 2 on rival platforms is inaccurate. Indeed, it transpires that without the partnership of Nintendo, Platinum Games would not have been able to greenlight the project at all. "WouldBayonetta 2not exist without Nintendo? The answer is yes," Platinum’s executive director …