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Global games retailer GameStop has reported a like-for-like annual sales decrease of 6.7 per cent for the quarter ending May 4th 2013. Gross profit fell from $599.9m last year to $578.3m. Operating earnings fell from $115m to $87.2m. Net earnings fell from $72.5m to $54.6m. New software sales fell 3.8 …

The new breed of Nvidia graphics cards have arrived. Having briefed the media yesterday Nvidia has officially announced the GeForce GTX 780, which has just gone on sale in the UK for 549. The card’s base clock comes in at 863 Mhz although this boosts to 900 Mhz. 3GB of …

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Despite two generations of failure in the Far East, Xbox One will be launched in Japan. "We’re committed to Japan," Don Mattrick said in a roundtable attended by OXM. "We continue to build on our partnerships, we continue to build on our offerings for consumers inside of that space. "We …

Rajat Taneja, the executive VP and CTO of EA, has made a quite remarkable claim about the power of the upcoming next-generation. It all begins with the raw horsepower of the platform which catalyses the imagination and will power the next wave of innovation in entertainment,” he wrote on LinkedIn. …

A listing on the ratings website of the Brazilian ratings board suggests that Ubisoft will shortly announce an HD re-release for Far Cry. CVG spotted that the listing mentions versions for both the PS3 and Xbox 360. There’s no mention of a release date, and as the application was filed …

Refusal to offer easier submission process leaves the way clear for Sony to capture innovative indie market, says Jason Perkins

Long-standing games company going to auction after failing to find a buyer

99 per cent of statistics are meaningless, obviously, but the results of an interesting consumer poll paint a grim picture for Microsoft’s new console. GameSpot has been conducting what it has called the ‘Battle of the Next Gen’ in which participants were invited to tweet wither #GAMESPOTPS4 or #GAMESPOTXBOX to …

Another company is having a stab at trying to make a success of the mobile gaming peripheral market. The MOGA Mobile Gaming System comes in two flavours – Pocket and Pro. Each allows users to cradle their smartphone in a front-facing socket and then control their games with an attached …