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Super Mario Galaxy 2 has fallen short of reaching Number One in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 by just 1,000 units. Nintendo’s super sequel – released for Wii on Friday – was beaten to the top spot by Rockstar’s multiformat Red Dead Redemption. The Wild West adventure …

Games firms are concerned that the digital marketplace isn’t big enough to sustain the number of competitors eyeing the space. DLC, digital downloads, iPhone games, social network titles and more have become the key growth area for the games industry. Publishers including EA, Codemasters, LucasArts, Take-Two, Capcom, Codemasters and Sega …

Games starring 'favourite' characters heading to Microsoft motion-sensor

Italian ad touts potential peripheral name and new-look 360 console hardware. But is it genuine?

Very few specifics are known about Nintendo’s 3DS, the new handheld it will unveil next week. We know it will boast a glasses-free 3D display, and be backwards compatible with the old DS software – but Nintendo is keeping back many details until its E3 press conference next week. However …

The publisher of the X Factor game unveiled by MCV last week has been named – it’s Koch Media. After a no-doubt grueling round of auditions and pitches, Koch’s Deep Silver publishing label has met the approval of brand owner FremantleMedia, Simon Cowell’s production firm SyCo and, we assume, fellow …

A new Animal Crossing title could be one of the first titles to be announced for Nintendo’s 3DS. That’s according to Destructoid’s sources, who claim that Nintendo has been using a 3D demo of the game to pitch the new handheld to developers and publishers. It is rumoured to be …

Sony in discussions regarding exclusivity, according to leaked document

ELSPA is hopeful that the PEGI system of age ratings for video games will be ratified in law this October – just in time for complete clarity through the busiest selling season. It will be the final stage in ousting the BBFC as the body responsible for classifying games. The …

Blitz Games Studios' Andrew Oliver alludes to possible E3 announcement