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The NPD has provided its December 2012 report for US retail, as well as a general overview for 2012, and to no one’s surprise the numbers show the same old decline we’ve come accustomed to in the past year. The month saw total industry sales fall by 22 per cent …

Senator plans to reintroduce bill within a month

Advertisements on the Xbox Live dashboard won’t be going away anytime soon, as Microsoft has revealed plans to invest further into the space. Gamespot reports the first wave of ‘natural user-interface ads’, or just NUads, deployed in Q4 2012 were highly successful,” in the words of Microsoft. According to the …

A new Fallout effort is in the works, though what it may be is anyone’s guess at this point. Actor Erik Todd Dellums, voice of Fallout 3 character Three Dog, teased the mystery project on his Twitter feed. To all my #Fallout3 and #ThreeDog fans: There may be more of …

IGDA, ESA, and EMA send letters to Vice President calling for a closer look at games

180 students take part in experimental program

World-building title amasses more than 1.2 million sales during Christmas week alone

Five female golfers from the Ladies Professional Golf Association are set to star alongside Tiger Woods in EA’s annual golf game for the first time. 2012 Rolex Player of the Year Stacy Lewis leads the roster, while players will be free to create their own female golfers and compete in …

Microsoft exec warns of the difficulties ahead for Nvidia and Steam

Former EA and Activision man to take on role of chief of staff across European studios