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Xbox One will sell out and there will be difficulty getting stock, admits Xbox VP Phil Harrison. But, he added, the firm is doing everything it can to accelerate stock replenishment. The Microsoft exec told MCV what comes next for the Xbox business now it has launched its new games …

Athetics association claims breach of contract, seeks to halt settlement

GameStop has announced its allocation of PS4 consoles has run dry, and still some 2.3m customers are waiting for new stock to arrive. Game Informer reports the retailer revealed the figure during an earnings call yesterday, following the release of its Q3 financial report. The firm also stated that it …

League of Legends investor backs 'first-ever' MOBA for iPad

Telltale is reportedly developing a new game based on either George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire or the hit HBO show based on it, Game of Thrones. IGN cities multiple reliable” sources claiming that the studio that crafted a critically-acclaimed episodic graphic adventurebased on Robert …

The battle for the next generation of gaming begins

Another analyst has issued a damning verdict on the future fortunes of Nintendo’s Wii U. GamesIndustry reports that DFC Intelligence analyst David Cole says in an upcoming report that the firm is lowering its lifetime Wii U sales forecasts, predicting that it will struggle to reach a quarter of Wii’s …

GameStop has reported a strong set of numbers for the quarter ending November 2nd. The world’s largest games retailer has reported a like-for-like sales increase of 20.5 per cent for the period, well ahead of forecasted levels. Net earnings grew 45.3 per cent to $68.6m. New game sales grew 43.1 …

Square Enix chairman Yoichi Wada delivered the opening keynote at the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference this past weekend, where he spoke about the Japanese company’s operations in India. We caught up with Wada-san on the sidelines of the conference to talk a little more about his views on the India …

Paddy Power has installed PS4 as its firm favourite to be the best-selling console of 2013. It has shortened odds on Sony’s machine to just 1/8 while odds on Xbox One claiming the crown have, in its words, tumbled” from 11/4 to 9/2. It’s been all one way traffic in …