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November’s barnstorming Black Friday week was one of the busiest seven days of sales in UK games industry history. Almost 2m games were sold that generated around 62m in revenue. It was a huge week, with 240,000 Xbox Ones and PS4s shifted through stores. Yet amongst the commercial success, there …

There’s only one statistic that you need to know about the scale and popularity of Minecraft – Microsoft spent $2.5bn buying it. Since its full lauch on PC in 2011, the game has been sold to 54m gamers globally, making the construction title the biggest video game of all time. …

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Media Molecule backs trade body in call for games to be classified alongside film and TV

The creative minds behind Mortal Kombat are working on a new WWE title for smart devices. Named WWE Immortals, the game will be free-to-play and is currently being developed by NetherRealm Studios in association with Phosphor Game Studios, according toGameSpot. It will be released on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and …

Green Man Gaming’s new publishing arm has named its first two development partners. Pocket Games and Burnt Fuse will release god game IdolHands and physics-based puzzle game Keebles respectively, with both due to arrive on the Green Man Loaded label in Q1 2015. Our first mission when we launched Green …

Jas Purewal ponders the latest games trademark controversy surrounding devs behind failed shooter Areal

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Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the best selling game to date in the US, although analysts suggest that sales are down on predecessor Ghosts. The publisher says NPD data shows the latest COD is the best selling 2014 title on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360 and …

Company behind controversial Areal Kickstarter trademarks 'STALKER Apocalypse'