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Disney Infinity has moved 3m starter packs since its launch, Disney Interactive has announced. President of Disney Interactive Jimmy Pitaro revealed the figure to the New York Times, following the game’s inclusion in the latest NPD monthly report. We’re thrilled that families and gamers alike have embraced Disney Infinity,” Pitaro …

The dominance of Early Access titles DayZ, Rust, and Starbound is evident again this week, as the trio continues to set the pace on the Steam’s latest top sellers chart. The games finished first, second, and third respectively – ahead of The Banner Saga in fourth, and Next Car Game …

We look at five jobs in games available in the UK game industry

You have just seven days to get your lobbying in for the 2014 MCV Awards. Just days remain to get in your suggestions for hotly-contested prizes like Specialist Retailer, Game Publisher, New Game Brand, Marketing Team and PR Team. Plus this year we have new prizes for Events Team, Digital …

Becoming a third party publisher is not the easy answer to reversing Nintendo’s ongoing problems, president Satoru Iwata has argued. Iwata vowed not to resign earlier today after Nintendo cut its sales predictions for Wii U and 3DS, leading Michael Pachter to call for the platform holder to take its …

Only a few places left at this month's industry battle of wits

Two new cross-publisher bundles have been announced for the US. 2K Games and Bethesda are to release a single SKU containing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and BioShock: Infinite on Xbox 360 and PS3. Also on the way in a single release are Dishonored and Borderlands 2. Both SKUs will …

Goldsmiths, University of London computing professor William Latham gives you seven rules for picking your course in games programming

Nintendo needs to bring its rich slate of IP to rival platforms, US analyst Michael Pachter has said. The call to go third party comes following today’s significant sales forecast revisions from the platform holder and the insistence from president Saturo Iwata that he will not resign. The Wii U …

Figure Games showing off smartphone and tablet title in London next week