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Following Microsoft’s official confirmation of a price drop across its entire Xbox 360 range, Strategy Analytics has stated that the move will put pressure on Sony to follow suit with its PS3. Sony will be nervous that the PS3’s recent sales surge may fizzle out now that the premium Xbox …

As the ‘will they won’t they’ saga surrounding EA’s proposed takeover of Rockstar-owning Take Two continues , two major Take Two shareholders have cut their stake in the publisher, Reuters reports. Oppenheimer Funds has cut its stake from 23 per cent, or 8.8 million shares, to just 11.5 per cent, …

Play-N-Trade is the fastest growing video game franchise and seventh across the whole franchise industry, according to Franchise Market Magazine. The retailer, which is eyeing up a move into the UK market, was identified as having the ‘best high growth opportunities’ based on the number of units and growth rates …

WiiWare Week: Nine games available when digital distribution channel arrives at the end of the month

What factors do you think have contributed to GAME Group outstripping its previous sales targets? We are very confident with the Group outlook for the year to 31 January 2009. The business is performing very well, both Internationally and in the UK, and the Gamestation integration is going very well. …

Acclaim says 60,000 have signed up to work on David Perry's Top Secret as Skaggs joins as advisor

Hollywood’s march into the games industry continues unabated: the American production company Genius Products, the majority shareholders of which are Miramax founders the Weinstein brothers, is moving into the games market. Take a look at the full story over on Develop.

Pirates of the Caribbean director developing new title, says the 'broken' games industry model 'has to change'

Microsoft has staked its claim as the market leader in the console space with two bold claims this morning – not least that it has taken over 40 per cent of ‘life-to-date’ revenue across hardware, games and peripherals sales. In addition, the firm has confirmed a whopping 17.7 million global …

Amazon is selling Xbox 360 Arcade for 149.99 and Xbox 360 Pro for 189.99, listing the RRPs at 159.99 and 199.99 respectively. The online retailer is also selling Xbox 360 Elite for 249.99, with an RRP of 259.99. The original RRP for the Arcade, Pro and Elite was previously set …