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Microsoft has secured a patent (via Engadget) for a wearable Electromyography (EMG) based controller.

Sony's PlayStation Plus service could offer new releases free of charge, or access to Call of Duty Elite.

Call of Duty players will enjoy a "visual overhaul" for Black Ops 2, Activision has claimed.

Motorola has won an injunction against Windows 7 and the Xbox 360 in Germany - but a sales ban remains unlikely, for now.

Sony has unveiled PlayStation Network exclusive The Unfinished Swan, from indie developer Giant Sparrow.

At first glance, Activision's Battleship feels like a high-concept satirical joke aimed at the video game industry. It's not only a movie tie-in, but a game based on a movie based on a board game based on a pen and paper game. More than that, the original game, which is world famous for its guesswork and mild strategy, has been transformed into a first-person shooter. A first-person shooter that plays out like a low-rent Halo, and lazily indulges every genre cliché you can think of.

All those who participated in Starhawk's recent beta run will be rewarded in the full retail version of the game with at least one exclusive item, developer Lightbox Interactive has announced.

Nintendo's strategy with the 3DS's early years and its forthcoming Wii U launch is to put core-orientated games ahead of efforts to attract the mass market, according to CEO Satoru Iwata.

League of Legends maker Riot is set to take on the eSports big boys with the biggest prize pool in video game tournament history.

The first major expansion for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is titled Dawnguard and will be out this Summer, Bethesda has announced.

Forthcoming action RPG sequel Diablo 3 lets you face off against players located anywhere in the world via its new Global Play feature, developer Blizzard has announced.

Controversial world-building game FortressCraft has just notched up its 750,000th sale on Xbox Live Indie Games, according to a Tweet from its developer Adam Sawkins.

It was bound to happen sooner or later, but it seems Kickstarter might just have racked up its first significant gaming scam.

Torrent portal The Pirate Bay has posted an angry response to news yesterday that UK ISPs have been asked to block the Swedish site, accusing the High Court of promoting internet censorship.

Seven DLC packs for Max Payne 3 will be made available throughout 2012, publisher Rockstar has announced.

US chat star Oprah Winfrey has roped in game designer Jane McGonigal to make her a new Facebook game, which allows people to share gratitude for real-life good deeds.

Activision has announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for release on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 13th November.

On the Wind is an enticing mobile side-scroller from ex-Rare developer David Buttress. It's also impossible to describe without mentioning Flower, thatgamecompany's brilliant first-person adventure that allows you to craft vibrant gardens of colour by controlling the wind.

Theme park attraction Angry Birds Land has opened at Finland's Särkänniemi Adventure Park.

Microsoft has pressed its official stamp onto the Union Jack Xbox 360 that popped up on a shop's website last week.

WiiWare sales numbers are now "almost non-existent", the publisher of retro side-scroller La-Mulana has said.

Sega has cancelled development on Bayonetta 2, according to a new report.

When I last met Gareth Wilson three years ago, we were sat in the offices of his previous employer, Bizarre Creations. The designer, a veteran of the Project Gotham Racing series, was talking up his next game Blur, telling me how Bizarre wanted to escape the simulation niche and make racing games mass-market again. "I think we should be going back to the reason people play racing games," he said.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed developer Sumo Digital has strongly suggested that the game will release on Wii U.

Kinect support, like a mysterious stranger, arrives today for Skyrim on Xbox 360.

PlayStation 3 hacker George "Geohot" Hotz met with Sony engineers after he had settled out of court with the Japanese company.

On Sunday 6th May, space MMO Eve Online turns nine, and to celebrate developer CCP Games will give players a free gift.

A recent block-pushing puzzle games I played was Catherine, which also happened to be a psychosexual horror drama about a man tempted by a lithe, young seductress. Curiously, it parsed its tutorial out over the duration of the game. You never gained new powers and the rules remained the same, yet plenty of techniques were so obtuse that a little guidance was appreciated for us lost little lambs.

If you think about it, Fable's an unusual choice for a spin-off. It's a game that covers so much ground - its myriad distractions ranging from rhythm action to town building, from gambling to Sims-style housekeeping and socialising - that it would seem to leave little room for any further asides.

The second part of Frontier Development's LostWinds platforming series is on its way to iOS, the UK developer has announced.