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Konami has teamed up with US firm Creative Minx Marketing to handle licensing and retail programs for next month’s Metal Gear Rising. The marketing agency will be working directly with retailers across Europe and North America to build hype around the game’s release and explore opportunities for merchandise. We are …

Dixons Retail, owner of PC World and Currys, has today reported strong sales for the 12 weeks up to January 5th, including the Christmas period. Like-for-like sales were up seven per cent, with UK and Ireland doing one better on eight per cent (based on stores open for the full …

HMV has closed its 16 Irish stores and has appointed receivers, putting 300 jobs at risk. However, whereas the administration process – such as that employed by the British arm of HMV – is designed to find a way of keeping a business operating, receivership will mean the end of …

The PlayStation 2 will continue to be available in stores across India till Diwali, Sony India has confirmed to MCV. Sony recently announced that it had stopped production of the PS2, which was launched in 2001 and went on to become the most successful console of all time with over …

Studio relocates to new offices, launches mobile division

Former Crystal Dynamics GM Sean Vesce to head up Seattle base

'We don't benefit from ignorance,' President tells press

Bethesda has registered a trademark that just screams Fallout TV show. Eurogamerreports the company registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office for an on-going television progrma set in a post-nuclear apocalyptic world.” Could this be what Fallout voice actor Erik Todd Dellums was teasing at last week? It now …

Warren Spector’s original vision of a four-game Epic Mickey saga may be relegated to a pipe dream. The LA Times reports the Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two sold just 270,000 copies in the US by the conclusion of last year. In comparison, the first Epic Mickey moved 1.3m …

An honest-to-goodness sequel for iOS hit Temple run is hours away from arriving on the US and UK App Stores. Temple Run 2 landed on the New Zealand App Store for free earlier today, and Touch Arcade reports its scheduled to go live in the US tonight. On top of …