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Only Activision, EA and 505 Games manage to break Nintendo’s stunning summer run of sales in this week’s ChartTrack all formats top ten. Heavy promotion on TV and the small matter of an accompanying blockbuster movie help Activision’s Traveller’s Tales-developed action title to fight off the march of Pokemon on …

The Chronicles of Riddick was heralded as one of the Xbox’s best titles upon its release in 2004 – but the bad news for next-gen gamers is that the highly anticipated remake, Assault on Dark Athena, has been delayed until 2008. CVG reports that no reason has been given by …

But, says famed designer, donâ??t underestimate casual gamers

Add to this all the film licences that are currently rumbling through this summer – of those, one has to believe that The Simpsons will be a big player and of course the first party magic that is Nintendo, then you have a big line-up. This year Sega feel that …

ALL FORMATS TOP 20 – JULY 2008 1. Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (EA) PS2, Wii, DS, 360, PSP, PS3, PC, GBA 2. More Brain Training (Nintendo) DS 3. Shrek The Third (Activision) PS2, DS, Wii, 360, PSP, PC 4. Transformers: The Game (Activision) PS2, 360, PS3, …

For the three months up to June 30th, overall first quarter sales rose to reach a €50.1 million, up around 13 per cent. European sales were the highlight, up 68 per cent to €34.4m, but the US operation suffered a 51 per cent decline in business, while sales in Asia …

VP Jamie MacDonald joined by SingStar guru Paulina Bozek and Home director Peter Edward

Following GAME’s acquisition of rival UK High Street games retailer Gamestation in May, the Office of Fair Trading has announced that it is to refer the buyout to the Competitions Commission. John Fingleton, chief executive of the OFT, stated: This merger involves the loss of competition between two parties who, …

Codemasters has opened a new UK development studio. Joining the publisher’s existing operations in Southam and Kuala Lumpur, Codemasters Studios Guildford is headed up by Adrian Bolton who was previously development director for EA Criterion. Bolton will report to Gavin Cheshire, VP of Codemasters Studios. The studio will initially target …

Sierra Entertainment, an arm of Vivendi Games, will release The Spiderwick Chronicles – a title based on the series of books and upcoming film of the same name. The plot follows twin brothers Jared and Simon and their sister Mallory Grace – all of which will have distinct abilities during …