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MSN is the official media partner for the upcoming Golden Joystick Awards. The web service will be covering all the action on a dedicated hub-site, complete with pre-awards news, information on the nominees and the eventual winners. We are absolutely delighted to be associated with the world’s most renowned gaming …

Eric Hirshberg has been appointed CEO for Activision Publishing. Hirshberg takes over from Mike Griffith who resigned from the role in April to become vice chairman of Activision Blizzard. He starts from September 7th, 2010, and will report to COO Thomas Tippl. Hirshberg joins from marketing agency Deutsch LA where …

3D gaming can cause eye-strain and nausea and children under-6 should seek advice before playing. That’s the warning from Sony Computer Entertainment in their latest terms and conditions, as spotted by kokugamer. The news follows MCV’s report that over six million people in the UK can’t see 3D at all …

The organisers of GDC Europe have announced a string of lectures and talks for its 2010 event in Cologne. Rare’s Nick Burton and Blitz’s Andrew Oliver will deliver a lecture on Microsoft’s Kinect entitled: ‘Kinecting with a new audience’, while BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk will deliver a …

Microsoft has scored its first Gfk Chart-Track No.1 of the year with Crackdown 2. The open-world action title is the fifteenth No.1 of the year, and knocks LEGO Harry Potter from the top spot. Warner’s family title now sits in No.2, with Red Dead Redemption following close behind. Ubisoft has …

The company behind the world’s biggest Facebook games will be the cornerstone of Google Games when it launches later this year, claims TechCrunch. The technology website claims Google has invested between $100 million and $200 million in Zynga to help launch its social games service – which the search giant …

R.U.S.E. will make use of PlayStation Move, Ubisoft has revealed at a press event in London. It is the latest in a line of products aimed at core gamers that makes use of PlayStation Move. It further backs up SCEE President Andrew House’ claim that Move will be ideal for …

Revenue for Xbox Live could well have reached $1bn in Microsoft’s last financial year, Bloomberg is reporting. Microsoft has told the financial news site that half of the services’ 25 million users paid for a Gold membership last year – which equates to around $600 million in sales. Sales of …

EA has dated FIFA 11 in Europe for Friday, October 1st. The US will get the title a few days earlier on September 28th. EA hopes the game will follow in the footsteps of last year’s massive selling and critically acclaimed FIFA 10, which boasts an impressive Metacritic score of …

Next week Microsoft will launch a new Xbox Live service, Destination Arcade. The service offers a new way for consumers to browse Xbox Live Arcade games, including sorting by price and rating. There are over 250 titles on the service and the platform holder hopes this will make it easier …