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Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction has been named the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Number One for the second week in a row. The game gives Ubisoft its sixth week at the top of the UK listings in 2010, and with fellow sales-star Just Dance at number two it’s …

GAME Group’s decision to expand upon its previously announced store closure programme does not, as some have feared, mean the end of the Gamestation brand. That’s the claim of interim CEO Christopher Bell, who when asked by MCV if the Gamestation brand still has a future gave the following blank …

The value of the UK games software market fell in March by seven per cent year-on-year, according to ELSPA/GfK Chart-Track. The monthly charts show that EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was the biggest selling title of the month, followed by Final Fantasy XIII and Ubisoft’s evergreen hit Just Dance. These …

There are only two weeks left to register for a complimentary pass to E3. The show runs from June 15th through 17th at the Los Angeles Convention Center – and organisers say the event allows attendees to ‘experience this year’s cutting-edge technologies and the most anticipated games of 2010′. And …

First it was Modern Warfare 2 echoing its UK achievements in the US market, and now Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII is getting in on the act. Crediting its ground-breaking multiformat release, NPD has stated that Final Fantasy XIII has enjoyed the best ever launch for a game in the …

Surging sales of high-definition Blu-ray discs have seen the value of the UK home video market surge by 10 per cent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2010. March growth is up by 31 per cent year-on-year. In the period Blu-ray sales hit 2.7m units, a 69 per cent annual …

Best Buy is looking to buy out rival electronics retail group DSGi, reports suggest. Best Buy’s financial advisors have reportedly compiled a list of potential acquisitions in a bid to gain dominance of the UK market, with the PC World owner topping the list. MCV’s sister site PCR has the …

Publisher CDV’s German parent company CDV Software Entertainment AG has filed for preliminary insolvency, MCV can reveal, in a move that it hopes will secure the future of the company. A source close to the situation speaking under strict anonymity has confirmed that affiliate companies such as CDV UK Ltd, …

This week’s GfK Chart-Track data, which includes the top 40 multiformat software charts, has been delayed today. ELSPA’s David Smith said: Unfortunately a major retailer has had system problems and as a result has not been able to deliver their Saturday sales data. We understand that the problem will not …

The latest instalment in the globally popular Metal Gear Solid series has seen its UK release date slip by nearly a month, Konami has stated. Speaking to CVG, the publisher stated that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will now hit UK retail on June 18th. Originally it had been penned …