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EA Mobile has confirmed an iPhone and iPod Touch release for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The version will include many of the hallmarks the series has become most noted for – realistic military simulation, controllable vehicles and, hopefully at least, destructible environments, though the latter has not been explicitly confirmed. …

The wide-spread efforts by publishers to earn extra money from pre-owned games hasn’t dented GAME’s second-hand game business. This year EA, Sony and THQ have introduced new measures that mean owners of games like Mass Effect 2, SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 and UFC Undisputed 2010 must pay for an extra …

Upcoming PC and PS3 MMO title DC Universe Online has seen its release date slip from November this year to an unspecified time in 2011. No specific reason has been given for the delay, though developer Sony Online Entertainment says that this extra time will allow us to address community …

As GAME continues to ride the increasingly turbulent waters of UK High Street retail, chief executive Ian Shepherd has explained how he intends to tackle two of the biggest challenges facing his chain – digital game sales and online retail. There is no doubt that there is going to be …

Having hit the headlines earlier this month thanks to an ambitious launch that involved selling key titles such as Halo reach for heavily discounted prices, online retailer GameTail has been forced to refund orders and cancel its full launch until 2011. Citing a dispute with PayPal, GameTail has already refunded …

The next stage in Atari’s most recent reinvention has been revealed. It’s called Atari GO, and it’s designed to help increase the publisher’s footprint in the growing casual games space. Atari Games Online will be headed up by the executive VP of online and mobile Thom Kozik (pictured), who is …

UK newspaper The Dail Mail has published an extensive story asking if addiction to video games can be likened to an addiction to heroin. Beginning with menacing introduction despite the restricted view through the letter box, it was clear that something was terribly wrong on the other side of the …

Square Enix has announced Crysta, a new online payment method for Europe. The billing system is already used in Japan and allows consumers to pay for subscriptions and security tokens in the publisher’s online games. The first title to use Crysta in Europe will be Final Fantasy XIV, which launches …

Though question marks hang over Activision’s true intentions toward a possible Premium online Call of Duty service, the publisher’s COO Thomas Tippl has admitted that the company is looking to give Call of Duty fans more choice” as it looks to extend revenue models”. However, Tippl did promise that the …

Online portals have and will continue to be hacked, says industry veteran