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The Kinect version of Halfbrick’s popular game Fruit Ninja has been downloaded 1 million times via Xbox Live Arcade. The figure comes less than a year after the game’s XBLA launch in August 2011. "Hitting 1 million downloads for XBLA is an awesome achievement," said Phil Larsen, chief marketing officer …

Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken and Asura’s Wrath will not be available from GAME or Gamestation. Both were scheduled for release this Friday on March 9th. It is the latest in a string of blockbusters not stocked by the High Street chain, including Mass Effect 3, Mario Party 9, The …

Moshi Monsters developer Mind Candy has signed a deal with Sony Music to release records for its popular children’s franchise, it has announced. The partnership will see Sony handle UK distribution of all music releases from the UK company’s own record label, Moshi Monsters Music. The first album to be …

First album Music Rox to feature songs from characters such as The MonStars and Dr Strangeglove

Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions pirated

Publisher reportedly unable to finish development of MiCoach due to layoffs

As separate report claims to have early specs for the so-called 'SteamBox'

Shares in Zynga jumped ten per cent yesterday on news that the social games giant is to launch its own games portal away from Facebook. The City’s interest in Zynga’s new venture drove its share price from $13.43 to $14.49 at end of trading. Zynga.com, which will launch in beta …

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will hit store shelves this autumn, Sony has revealed. It’s the first original PS3 entry in the established PS2 action adventure franchise, and the fourth main instalment. The release window was confirmed on the US PlayStation Blog. The first Sly game debuted on PS2 in …

Would-be licensees are lining up to get a piece of Skylanders, says Activision. 150 licensing execs attended a special Activision event on Tuesday (February 28th) to find out how they can get the rights to make Skylanders cuddly toys, lunch boxes, clothes, back packs and a whole lot more. It …