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The latest rumours concerning Microsoft’s next Xbox console suggest that the company may launch an entry-level machine that is not compatible with disc-based games. As it has done with Xbox 360, DigitalFoundry reports that Microsoft will look to launch its new machine in two iterations. However, the distinction between the …

Amazon has postponed the launch of its PC download platform to 2012. MCV believes the service, live in the US since early 2009, was up-and-running in October.But publishing sources say it will now go live in the UK early next year and miss the originally planned autumn roll-out. US sister …

Activision Blizzard parent Vivendi has squashed industry chatter that it is opening a new games business. Recent rumours swirled that the entertainment firm, which last week bought record label EMI, wants to establish a digital games company separate from the Call of Duty and Warcraft publisher it has a 60 …

MCV quizzes UKIE board member and Sega UK MD John Clark on the importance of including digital sales into the weekly charts… You spoke at the London Games Conference this month about the evolution of packaged and digital content. Before LGC we surveyed 1,000 industry experts and three quarters said …

Having been threatened with legal action in a US court, EA has decided that it will now offer a free copy of digital shooter Battlefield 1943 to owners of Battlefield 3 on PS3. Having announced the promotion earlier in the year, the release of Battlefield 3 came and went without …

Ubisoft has announced that Rayman 3 is being remade in HD and will receive a digital release on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. The game was originally released in 2003 on PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC. As well as 720p HD visuals, this new version will also run at …

U4iA Games to focus on free-to-play social titles

The creator of the Impulse digital distribution service, Stardock, is releasing its titles on Steam. Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity is the first game to go live on Valve’s rival system, now available at a 25 per cent discount. The same offer is running on Impulse to promote the …

InComm Europe has done the impossible: bridged the gap between digital content and physical retail. European product and marketing director Simon Osgood explains how the High Street is taking the next step… The focus and key buzz this past year is digital – and this is reflected in the discussions …

Sony is to release the three titles included in its Sly Cooper HD Collection as individual downloads on the PlayStation Network, Siliconera reports. The retail SKU contained three games – Sly Racoon, Sly 2: Band of Thieves and Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves. All three have been given a full …