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Reporting slight profits for its Q3, THQ has slashed 60 jobs and announced plans to realign some of its studios towards digital distribution platforms. The company reported profits of $542,000, compared to a loss of $192 million for the same period last year. Sales were flat at $357 million. The …

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Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll will expand the fanbase for its long-running arcade-style puzzle franchise, thanks to Balance Board compatibility. That’s according to Sega, which is holding high hopes for the upcoming Wii title, due for release on February 12th. The firm believes the device’s accessibility will introduce the …

Microsoft has dashed hopes that the launch of a standalone SKU for the 250GB Xbox 360 HDD in Japan may lead to a similar move in the UK, while at the same time suggesting that the current top-end 120GB model is on the way out. Microsoft is now offering a …

As part of its all-encompassing detailed report on the global video game market in 2009, GfK-ChartTrack has confirmed that Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold nearly 12m units worldwide last year. More precisely, the game’s total sales now stand at 11.86m units – or at least, they did …

According to recent findings from Top Global Markets, an integrated monthly report from leading providers of consumer and retail information in the video games industry, The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain, Inc., combined video game software unit sales across the world’s three largest games markets experienced a decline …

Global retailer EB Games is to throw its weight behind the drive to legalise violent games in Australia by promoting awareness of the campaign in its many stores across the territory. Due to the way the Australian regulators are structured, the highest certificate currently available for video games is M15+, …

From tomorrow a number of PlayStation Minis titles will go on sale for two weeks, with savings of between 50p and 1.50. The cuts come as part of what Sony is calling ‘Minis Month’. All the details are over on CasualGaming.biz.

Yet another Sony executive has gone on record to confirm that the platform holder is currently accessing the possibility of adding a subscription payment model to its online PSN network. I think there is just tremendous improvements to the PlayStation Network,” PSN boss Peter Dille told IGN. It’s been our …

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