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Big news from Sega this morning: MCV can reveal that Europe and America chief Mike Hayes is to leave his role in the coming months. Hayes wants to focus on advisory and non-exec roles both inside and outside of the industry – and has already become a trustee of the …

Leaked images of pre-order cards from US retailer Target have revealed the name and release date of Activision’s next Call of Duty title. Unsurprisingly, the game will be called Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It will be released – presumably worldwide – on November 13th, according to IGN‘s findings. …

Valve has revealed the past week’s top sellers chart, with a pair of new titles taking top honors. Launching last Tuesday, and simultaneously launching itself to the top of the list, is Telltale’s zombie adventure title The Walking Dead. The release is followed up by pre-orders for Runic Games’ dungeon …

Irrational Games’ Ken Levine has provided info on the upcoming Bioshock Vita game. Speaking with Wired (via Shacknews), Levine explained how each of the Bioshock titles (Infinite, in particular) have been ‘all-consuming endeavors’ that require the full focus of the team before they move onto their next project. In this …

PC owners of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will finally gain access to post-launch content this May. Shacknews reports the release of the first ‘Content Collection’ for PC on May 8th will mark the first time the version has been addressed by Activision and Infinity Ward since the game’s …

Game Retail Limited is the UK’s new leading High Street video games retailer. It’s the new permanent name for the Baker Acquisitions Limited, the OpCapita owned company that acquired the UK assets of GAME Group’s UK operations on April 1st. GAME Group Limited remains in administration, with administrator PwC in …

Reports of organisational reshuffle 'unfounded', claims media giant

The market fell below the 10m mark for the first time this year during the week ending April 21st. Unit sales dipped 17 per cent to 422,280. This was due to another week with few new releases hitting shelves. In fact, The Witcher 2 was the only new title to …

Activision Blizzard will not be split from Universal Music, owner Vivendi has strongly asserted. Rumours had started circulating earlier in the week that owner Vivendi was pondering an organisational reshuffle that could result in its break-up. "Vivendi learned with stupefaction of the claims made by Bloomberg in a story published …

Retro emulation-based handheld GameGadget has had its RRP slashed from 99.99 to 59.99. Makers Blaze say the move is due to phenomenal demand and support”. Furthermore, the company has said it will refund all current owners 40 to make up for the price drop. Demand and support for GameGadgethas been …