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Read More »Zavvi.com extends Mega Monday deals
The Hut Groups has stated that it is pressing ahead with plans to run what it calls Mega Monday sales every week going forwards on Zavvi.com. Headlining the ongoing offer this week is recent release Dark Void, which is currently available on the site for just 12.95 on both Xbox …
Read More »Champ Man Online closing its doors
Eidos is to shut down its football MMO Championship Manager Online on April 30th, just a few days before the game would have reached the ripe old age of five. CVG reports that game’s userbase – which is still several thousand players strong – is up in arms about the …
Read More »LA Noire goes multiplatform
As has been suspected for some time, Rockstar has confirmed that the long-in-development La Noire is no longer a PS3 exclusive and will in fact be released on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 as well. After a prolonged period of silence on the game, developer Team Bondi has at last shed some …
Read More »THQ reveals All Star Karate
Publisher THQ has announced a brand new Wii title that is in development and due for release this spring – All Star Karate. The game is an extension to THQ’s existing ‘All Star’ IP, the first release of which was All Star Cheer Squad, a 2008 title concerning cheerleading. All …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Today’s charts and buying guide
MCV’s vital weekly retail digest, RetailBiz, is available to view online and download now. Our essential six-page supplement offers an in-depth look at this week’s official Gfk-ChartTrack multiformat Top 40 – still topped by EA’s Mass Effect 2 – as well as all of the official UK single and multi-format …
Read More »Gran Turismo sales top 55m
Lifetime sales of Sony’s racing simulator series Gran Turismo have hit 55m, developer Polyphony Digital has revealed. Furthermore, sales of the latest instalment – the simply titled Gran Turismo on PSP – have now hit 1.8m. The only instalment of the series on PS3 to date, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, …
Read More »Profits up 68% at Square Enix
Square Enix has reported an operating income of YEN 21.4bn for the nine months ending December 31st 2009, a jump of 67.7 per cent year-on-year. Net sales for the period were up 30.0 per cent at YEN 135bn. Its games operations in isolation saw net sales jump 97 per cent …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Mass Effect 2 still top
It’s two weeks and counting at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for EA’s Mass Effect 2 this week – in fact, the top three remains exactly as it was, with Ubisoft’s Just Dance and Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 staying put in second and third respectively. …
Read More »Adobe in new Apple outburst
Obviously still sore from Apple’s ongoing strategy of locking Flash out of its iPhone OS products – including the new iPad – Flash creator Adobe has once again launched a scathing attack on the Mac platform holder. Some have been surprised at the lack of inclusion of Flash Player on …
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