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Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War has taken the number one position in the ChartTrack Top 40 for the third week in a row – despite sales dropping by 30 per cent. The game was raced all the way by EA’s Need For Speed: Undercover, which moved from …

Aurora Feint Inc’s debut iPhone and iPod Touch title, Aurora Fenit: The Beginning, has already proved a hit with gamers, and now the series is looking to be the first title to bring asynchronous MMO gaming to Apple’s machines. Aurora Feint II: The Arena allows for head-to-head competition with other …

It’s common knowledge that Nintendo is the only current platform holder to have made a profit from its hardware from the off, and now a number has been put on that – $6. A report on Forbes reveals each Wii unit brings in an operating profit of $6 for Nintendo, …

Leading developer Criterion has reversed its decision to offer the upcoming Big Surf Island DLC, which will introduce a whole new island to the game along with a range of new vehicles, for free. Speaking on Criterion’s website, the studio stated: We’d mentioned in a previous podcast that this would …

The Australian version of Official Nintendo Magazine has for the first time dated the Western version of Tecmo’s spooky survival horror outing Fatal Frame IV, claiming that it’s being lined up for an Aussie release next February. Owing to the added regional challenges of publishing in Europe, this does not …

In-game ad firm strikes partnerships with THQ, Sega, Eidos and Midway

A designer on Atari’s cult PC RPG The Witcher has spoken openly about developer CD Projekt’s intentions to bring the game to Xbox 360 and PS3. A six minute video on GameTrailers claims that the new title will be called The Witcher: Rise of the Wolf, and will boast several …

Hugely popular US series The Simpsons went head-to-head with almost equally popular vendor Apple last night, as the former ridiculed the latter in a show aired last night. For the full story head over to MCV’s online sister-site PC Retail.

Media mogul Sumner Redstone has sold his 87 per cent controlling stake in Midway Games to a private investor for $100,000. According to the Wall Street Journal, Redstone sold the stake to ‘ease his load’. His network of businesses had begun to cause him fiscal trouble – as reported on …

The credit crunch has already taken its toll on many sectors. From the automotive industry to manufacturing and retailing, the companies that were once the cornerstones of the British economy are suffering some of the country’s biggest losses. It seems that no one is immune to the global meltdown, which …