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HMV will exit 60 UK stores this year in an attempt to cut costs.

The lead designer and gameplay programmer of Civilization V - Jon Shafer - has been hired, double-quick, by Elemental: War of Magic maker Stardock.

ilo and milo (lower case: it's important) are safkas, red and blue thumb-shaped creatures with tiny arms and legs and one long curly hair sticking out of the top of their heads. They're the best of friends but they keep finding themselves separated by the mazes of cubes that make up their world. To get back to each other they need to call upon the help of a fashion-forward Frenchman who rides a ladybird, walk across stretchy cuboid dogs in Pringle sweaters, drop through trapdoors with faces drawn on in crayon, and ride creatures that like to eat square apples.

PC and PlayStation 3 MMO DC Universe will end its beta today for US gamers and tomorrow for European gamers, but not without one last bang.

Gallons of mulled wine later, we're back – and so are you! December's haul of reader reviews is as strong as ever and our finalists for Reader Review of the Month take in three of gaming's oldest and besterest themes: driving, shooting and jumping.

Silver-haired EA overlord John Riccitiello finds it "really hard to imagine" a future where he's "hiding behind my couch, making a gun out of my finger" and shooting baddies in Call of Duty or Medal of Honor.

The very first modified firmware for retail PlayStation 3 consoles has been released, allowing any PS3 owner to install their own programs onto the XMB.

Microsoft has further expanded the gargantuan Halo universe with a new novel that reveals the truth behind the mysterious alien race known as the Forerunners.

After various bouts of testing, solid and promising MMO Rift has a release date: 4th March 2011 (or 1st March if you're American).

SEGA's bizarre PlayStation 3-exclusive Yakuza game Of the End includes a reference to perhaps the most beloved Dreamcast title of all time: Shenmue.

Ubisoft will patch out its controversial always-on PC game digital rights management on a case-by-case basis.

Monster Hunter Freedom 3, or Monster Hunter Portable 3rd as it's known in the west, looks set to become the best-selling game in Japan for the 2010 financial year.

It's a pity that the vagaries of publishing schedules mean that this review will be appearing in early January, rather than alongside the shrewd pre-Christmas release date of A World of Keflings, because in more ways than one this is a very festive game. Not just for the snowy landscapes that have been placed front and centre in its Xbox Live promotions (they're hardly central to the game, it turns out) but for the sheer generosity of spirit that infuses the experience.

EA has denied it's leaving Tiger Woods behind following its new focus on the Augusta National course and the golfer's omission from box art with PGA Tour 12: The Masters.

GAME has promised to combat the inevitable VAT-forced rise of videogame prices by even more aggressively discounting games through bundles and special deals.

The world's most famous golfer, Tiger Woods, appears to have been dropped by EA Sports for the box art of the latest game in the long-running Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf series.

EA Sports has unveiled the next game in the long-running Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf series.

In the PlayStation 3 version of stupendous fighting game Super Street Fighter IV you can't see downloaded alternate costumes worn by your opponent if you haven't downloaded them yourself. In the Xbox 360 version you can. Why?

Nintendo's DS is the best-selling console ever in the US.

Videogames can lose value faster than used cars, a new report claims.

A whopping 63 million console and PC games were bought in the UK last year - that averages at over one game per UK resident.

Media giant Viacom reportedly sold Rock Band creator Harmonix to investment group Columbus Nova for the princely sum of fifty dollars.

ASUS, a PC hardware company, has decided to make its very own Kinect.

One million people have registered with free-to-play World War II action MMO World of Tanks.

The ever-present FIFA 11 spends the 52nd and last week of 2010 on top of the UK all-formats chart.

Kinect owners may soon be able to interact with each other using their Avatars in a dedicated area.

Beleaguered MMO APB may be ready for testing as a fresh-faced free-to-play game next month, new owner GamersFirst has revealed.

Gamers devoted to Bethseda's creaky old Elder Scrolls III adventure, Morrowind, have taken it upon themselves to give their treasured title a makeover.

Ubisoft appears to have stopped forcing PC gamers to maintain an internet connection while playing its games.

Analyst Wedbush Securities reckons Activision will launch a "second tier" of online Call of Duty multiplayer in the next few months – and charge gamers for it.