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Gamescom celebrates trade success, announces 2013 dates

The organisers of Gamescom 2012 have hailed the event’s success, while confirming the date for next year’s European expo. Gamescom 2013 will take place between 21st and 25th of August. Last week’s show was attended by over 275,000 visitors. Although this was the same as in 2011, the number of …

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Was Vita’s Gamescom dream shortlived? Lifetime sales numbers revealed

It was the week that Vita seemed to live again. But all too quickly Sony’s ambitious handheld has been brought down to earth. Sony has traditionally been coy about revealing Vita’s sales numbers, but be it deliberately or not the numbers were finally revealed at Gamescom last week, with PlayStation …

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OPINION: How Sony won E3… at Gamescom

The current-gen might be approaching the final straight, but Sony is ready for a sprint finish. Consensus dictates that Sony has lost” the current generation of machines. Wii sold in sufficiently high numbers that despite the fact it has been dead in the water for over a year, it will …

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Sony’s Gamescom offering breathes new life into Vita

Sony looked to answer its critics that said Vita was given short shrift at E3, with a blockbuster Gamescom showing. The platform holder took to unveiling blockbuster IP including Call of Duty, Killzone and Assassin’s Creed, while showing new IP Tearaway. It follows an E3 where Sony was criticised for …

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WATCH IT LIVE: EA’s Gamescom press conference

EA’s Gamescom 2012 press conference is about to kick off, and you can watch the full thing below. Expect details of the company’s rich upcoming roster, which amongst other titles includes the massive FIFA 13, modern military shooter Medal of Honor: Warfighter and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. There may …

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