Game industry business news

Games sales in the UK have reached at an all-time high – with last week becoming the biggest ever single week of sales. For weeks one to 50 in 2007, the total number of units sold was up 16.6 per cent and 25.3 per cent by value compared to 2006. …

Developer 3D Realms has told MCV that it is planning on a multi-format release for the highly anticipated shooter Duke Nukem Forever, which has been in development for around ten years. The title, which is currently without a firm release date, was previously thought to be a PC exclusive, however …

President of EA Sports Peter Moore has hit out at those who brand the publisher as having a lack of innovation. Speaking to GameDaily , Moore called the idea that the company’s sports games are unoriginal as one of the biggest misconceptions in the industry”. He added that the reason …

Having been originally pencilled in for a summer release, the much-delayed Sensible World of Soccer finally arrived on Xbox Live Arcade today – but has already been removed due to an error. A statement from Microsoft reads: It has come to our attention that an incorrect version of Sensible World …

Call Of Duty 4 has fought off competition to retain its position at the top of the ChartTrack Xbox 360 chart. The Activision title is followed in second once again by Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed, with Microsoft’s Halo 3 moving up from fourth to third. EA’s Need For Speed: ProStreet swaps …

Square Enix will release Final Fantasy One and Two for the PSP across Europe on February 8th, along with updated visuals and new content. Both titles will feature improved graphics and character art, new dungeons, new camera views and 16:9 widescreen support. Originally released in the eighties, the initial steps …

Sony’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune has replaced Activision’s Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare at the top of ELSPA/ChartTrack’s official PS3 top ten. The action title debuted in second position last week, but has leapfrogged COD4 at the top – no doubt helped by some splendid specialist press reviews. Activision’s shooter …

Doug Bone, Square Enix 1) Gamers to inherit the Earth back (from Nicole Kidman, Patrick Stewart, Julie Walters and their chums). 2) A publisher merger/acquisition to take place, but without all of their rivals instantly pretending to welcome the challenge”, whilst secretly running to the toilet every ten minutes. 3) …

MCV understands that Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV will NOT be released in March as expected – and will in fact be held back until the last week in April. Sources close to the game’s publisher have told MCV that the title’s UK release will miss the Easter period entirely, …

Though it was the Blu-Ray enhancements that caught the headlines following Sony’s recent firmware updates for its two leading games consoles, a surprise inclusion that wasn’t talked up before is the new ability for PSP to play PSOne titles on the move. Not only does the update allow PSOne titles …