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Nintendo was once again the big winner in the MCV Awards’ PR & Marketing category. The format-holder’s UK team took home the prizes for Marketing Team and Trade Marketing Team. That makes it five years on the trot for Nintendo to win the Marketing Team award – and the second …

A look behind the curtain as Natal gears for launch

The first paid-for DLC for EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has been revealed – and it’s called the Kit Upgrade DLC. Each class in the multiplayer game will receive new uniforms, camouflaged weapons, two multiplayer awards and one Achievement. They can be bought individually for 160 Microsoft Points or as …

Brand new handheld title Yakuza: Project K is currently in development according to pictures and details from Sega in Japanese games magazine Famitsu, making it the first PSP title in the series. The game, first thought to be Yakuza 5 on PS3, was originally announced back in March at the …

The first game was lauded as the flag-bearer of high-end PC gaming, and developer Crytek has admitted that thewre were times when it feared that bringing the sequel Crysis 2 to consoles was an ‘impossible’ task. Back then we would have been limited with our knowledge of 3D and experience …

Measuring the true scale of the impact of software piracy is a tough task, but Nintendo has said that illicit copying of DS titles is to blame for a near 50 per cent drop in DS games sales in Europe over recent months. Asahi.com quotes the platform holder as stating …

Games industry veterans have been named in the list of flnalists for the first British Inspiration Awards. The Awards have been set up to honour the top creative minds in Britain across a range of categories, including interactive entertainment, film, TV, music, fashion and the Arts. The ceremony will be …

The price of the Nintendo Wii has tumbled at retail.MCV’s research, which monitored the sale of hardware across 25 leading UK retailers, shows that the average price of Wii is now 155.56. That’s 24.43 (13.6 per cent) less than its expected price of 179.99. WHSmith is selling the Wii for …

Despite the announcement that its successor will be here (in Japan at least) before the end of the year, Nintendo’s DS shows no sign of letting up in the US market, with the handheld topping the March sales list. The DS sold 700.8k units in the period, with its homebound …

Japanese publisher Atlus has reported that its acclaimed Demon’s Souls sold three times more than it estimated in North America. The game, which wasn’t released in the UK, was expected to sell 75,000 copies. However Atlus ended up shifting 280,000 by the end of its second fiscal quarter in February …