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Publisher Bethesda has confirmed that its upcoming first person RPG Fallout: New Vegas will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC this autumn. Developed by Obsidian – the studio behind the likes of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Neverwinter Nights 2 – New Vegas is best …

Europe’s dominant site for licensing across games, toys, sport, fashion and more achieved record readership last month. According to the latest Google Analytics audit, www.licensing.biz attracted 31,669 unique visitors between January 1st and 31st, whilst page views hit an all-time high of 76,489 during the same period. Google’s audit figures …

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UK studio man explains why THQ turned two studios towards XBLA, PSN and iPhone

A sequel to THQ’s recently-released action title Darksiders is in the works after the publisher revealed that the game is on track” to meet internal forecasts, selling 1.2m units since its release last month. Earlier in the week analysts had claimed that the title had underperformed, selling well under 1m …

The long-term aim of surpassing Xbox 360 to cement second place in hardware race looks one step closer for Sony this morning with news that PS3 unit sales have now hit 33.5m worldwide. The most recent figures from Microsoft say that Xbox 360 has sold 39m units globally. It was …

Japanese electronics giant Sony has posted operating profits of $1.6bn for its third fiscal quarter – its first profit in five quarters. It’s a big improvement on the $197m loss seen in the same period the year before. There were also strong results at the Networked Products and Services Division …

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 …