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The Sniper Elite franchise has surpassed 10m copies sold, developer Rebellion has revealed. The UK-based studio announced the news in a video update (posted below). The first Sniper Elite title launched in 2005, meaning sales average out to right around 1m per year. Whether you’ve bought one or whether you’ve …

Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand has confirmed the discontinuation of the PS3 in the region. Videogamer reports that once the console’s current stocks are exhausted, there will be no more units making their way to the region. "SCENZ will not be shipping anymore PlayStation 3 consoles to its retailers," Sony …

As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the Journalists’ Journalist category. Julia Hardy Julia Hardy is an experienced TV Presenter, writer, radio presenter and live host from London specialising in technology, …

There may be more Cave shmup ports on the way than we thought. Publisher Degica recently confirmed plans to bring some of Cave’s popular shooters to Steam – the first of which, incidentally, will be Mushihimesama (or Bug Princess as it has become known in the West). Now Cave has …

As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the Rising Star category, sponsored by Sega. Chris Bratt Chris Bratt makes videos for Eurogamer. He’s hoping to win this award so he can …

As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the streamer category. AppSpy Each and every weekday AppSpy streams some of the best games on mobile and handheld, often well in advance of …

Microsoft has announced there will be an Xbox One hardware bundle featuring the upcoming Fallout 4. The bundle will set consumers back 369.99, and features a 1TB console, as well as a controller and download codes for both Bethesda’s upcoming apocalyptic RPG title, as well as a download for Fallout …

As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the YouTuber category. Alex Olney Alex is the video producer of Nintendo Life, the largest Nintendo site in the world. Recently branching out into …

As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the in-house radio/podcast category. Adam Rosser Adam’s been the voice, and the producer, of ‘Game On’ since its inception in 2007. The show’s been …

As we count down to the awards event on Wednesday October 14th, MCV profiles the finalists for this year’s Games Media Awards. Here we look at the games critic category. Alex Dale Games criticism has changed in the (counts on fingers, lets out a gulp) ten years since I started …