Gaming

  • Videogame sales at all-time high

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    Sales of videogames hit an all-time high last year, according to figures from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA). Total games sales for the year amounted to £4.034 billion in 2008.

  • Classic board game comes to XBox LIVE

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    Board and boxed game fans will soon be able to enjoy a slate of classic titles on Xbox LIVE after Electronic Arts announced plans to bring classic games such as Boggle, Battleship and Connect Four to the service in Spring 2009.

  • Conroy & Hamill to voice new Batman game

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    Eidos, the company behind the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum game, have announced that Batman: The Animated Series Veterans Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill will reprise their roles as Batman and The Joker for the game.

  • Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

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    Having to write this review was a bit of an unwelcome intrusion because it meant stopping playing the game long enough to come up with something a bit more meaningful than ‘yay!’ or ‘it’s great’. Having reluctantly torn myself away from playing it, I want to urge you all to rush out and buy a…

  • EA brings gaming to Trafalgar Square

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    Games giant Electronic Arts has announced its Be the One event is to return to London’s iconic Trafalgar Square as part of this year’s London Games Festival. On October 31 and November 1, the British public will be able to play some of the latest games including yet to be released titles and compete for…

  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed mobile edition review

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    You should have been reading this review a few weeks ago but somehow (I’m blaming a recent spell of illness) I managed to forget to publish it, which is a pity because this mobile edition of the latest Star Wars game is a corker. Even on a pretty standard phone the graphics are clear and…