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Bungie's next game Destiny will launch in the autumn of 2013 initially on Xbox 360 and the next Xbox, according to the former Halo developer's contract with new publisher Activision.

UPDATE: Diablo 3 accounts are being compromised through "traditional means", Blizzard has insisted.

The Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita have suffered slower sales than their predecessors in the UK.

A former Fable: The Journey developer has unveiled motion control fighting game Kung Fu Superstar.

In an industry driven by the constant forward thrust of technology, labels can very quickly turn from useful signposts to restrictive dogma. Take the word "sandbox", for example. Once used to help us understand the anarchic freedom on offer in games like Grand Theft Auto, it's now become a catch-all term for games set in cities where you get to run around and blow stuff up for no reason.

Nintendo will broadcast its E3 press conference on Facebook and its website. The conference is scheduled for 5pm UK time on Tuesday 5th June.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 releases in Europe on 14th September, Namco Bandai has announced.

Capcom will fix the high-profile Street Fighter x Tekken game breaking bug in the middle of June, it's announced.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 will launch on Wii U, PlayStation 3, Vita and Xbox 360, according to a new report.

DmC Devil May Cry launches in both Europe and the US on 15th January next year for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, publisher Capcom has announced.

Dragon Age Legends, a Facebook spin-off from BioWare's fantasy RPG series, goes offline next month, EA has announced.

Ghost Recon Commander, a franchise spin-off developed by John Romero's Loot Drop studio, is now open for business on Facebook, Ubisoft has announced.

A new Castlevania game for 3DS, subtitled Mirror of Faith, is to be revealed at E3, according to Dutch site N1ntendo.

Snubbed no more - Activision has picked the UK as the location for a new studio, GamesIndustry International reports.

Online play for PSP card battler The Eye of Judgement: Legends will be turned off on 31st August, Sony has announced.

Eurogamer has received multiple reports of Diablo 3 accounts being hacked.

Some Frostbite-powered PC games released next year will require a 64-bit operating system, engine maker DICE has revealed.

Diablo 3 is an action role-playing game - with the emphasis firmly on action. You'd get that, of course, from the murderous riot on the screen, the boom and splatter from the speakers and the showboating skills of its five astonishing playable heroes. You'd get it from its two predecessors, in which you hand-cranked your characters through near-limitless levelling with furious clicks of the mouse.

Dead Island divided people like an oscillating autopsy saw. One person's buggy mess was another person's acquired taste.

UPDATE: Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has issued a statement on Aliens: Colonial Marines' latest delay and new release date, and addressed fan complaints that development has taken too long.

There's a PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 RPG in the works. And a massively multiplayer online game. Now, A Game of Thrones' plot has thickened with news of a Facebook game based on the gritty fantasy universe.

City Interactive has announced the Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Collector's and Limited editions.

Dungeonbowl, the PC spin-off of the Games Workshop American Football-themed Blood Bowl board game, launches on 8th June, Cyanide has announced.

Sorcery's a game about wizards - and wizards, it transpires, spend a lot of time strafing. In Sony's delicately pretty spell-'em-up, your Move controller is a wand, see, and your wand, in turn, is essentially a gun.

We live in a time where most games are delighted to hand out virtual tchotchkes for the lowliest accomplishments. Pressed start to continue? Here, have a Trophy! Viewed the tutorial? 20 Gamerpoints for you! It's an ego massage for the easily disheartened: reward the player to keep them from switching off. All of which makes Match Panic something of an anomaly; it's not often you'll find a game purpose-built to make its users feel very stupid indeed.

The first batch of downloadable characters for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 have been revealed.

Rockstar's new multi-platform shooting game Max Payne 3 has beaten Blizzard's new PC and Mac game Diablo 3 to the top of the UK all-formats chart.

Multiplayer focused first-person shooters Payday: The Heist and Left 4 Dead are blending together, Overkill has announced.

007 Legends launches on 16th October, a new trailer has revealed.

A new image of the Wii U controller shows redesigned thumb sticks.