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Battlefield Hardline has spent its second week in pole position of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Sales of EA’s new shooter fell by 43 per cent week-on-week, but Hardline still beat this week’s top new release, Sony’s PS4-exclusive Bloodborne. The hardcore RPG debuted at No.2, falling 22,500 units …

Headteachers from a group of schools in Cheshire have issued a warning to parents who allow their children to play violent 18-rated video games. The Guardian reports that the Nantwich Education Partnership says it will inform the police of parents who allow their sometimes primary aged kids to play games …

GameStop has released its annual financial results for its past fiscal year, with the specialty chain reporting revenue of $9.3bn for the period. Games Industry reports that the figure translates to a modest 2.8 per cent increase, instead of the 14 per cent sales growth GameStop had projected for the …

Yo-Kai Watch developer Level-5 has revealed its RPG franchise has combined to sell in excess of 7m units on Nintendo 3DS. Gematsu reports on the figure, explaining that it accounts for both physical and digital sales since the release of the original Yo-Kai Watch in Japan. The IP has thus …

Pre-orders for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V have helped the title pull ahead of Cities: Skylines on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. The pair finished ahead of Pillars of Eternity in third – though the game’s Hero Edition also grabbed the fifth position, so it’s …

UPDATE: The Legend of Zelda for Wii U will not arrive this year as planned, Nintendo has said, and it won’t be shown at E3 either. Zelda franchise boss Eiji Aonuma said in a video today that the development team has come across ‘new possibilities’ in its bid to create …

Over one million people around the globe have played Roll7’s sequel to last year’s indie skating hit OlliOlli. OlliOlli 2 launched on March 4th in the UK for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita and went straight into PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection – the series of games available for free …

There will be no female party members in the next Final Fantasy game, the title’s director has revealed. Speaking to Gamespot, Hajime Tabata said that the decision was an effort to make the game more accessible. "Speaking honestly, an all-male party feels almost more approachable for players,” he explained. He …

The price of Sony’s PlayStation TV microconsole has dipped to 44.99. That’s a 47 per cent decline on the hardware’s 84.99 RRP. Speaking to deal website Dealspwn– as spotted by Videogamer –a Sony spokesperson said: "Starting from the March 27th, PlayStation TV will offer even greater value for money when …

University of Staffordshire games lecturer David Edwards on what students need to get onto its various courses for aspiring developers