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The games business is a marathon, and Nick Gibson says Sony is not out of the running yet

Call of Duty: Black Ops II has sold an estimated $500m worth of units in tis first 24 hours. That beats the $400m made by last year’s Modern Warfare 3 in the same period. What hasn’t been revealed, though, is how many units the game sold. Modern Warfare 3 managed …

Former PlayFirst exec Chris Williams joins developer as GM of F2P

With just days to go before its November 20th release, Square Enix has released its final launch trailer for Hitman: Absolution. The short also reveals the first review scores for the game, which are hugely encouraging. X360 magazine scored it 10/10 describing the title as one of the best games …

PlayStation Move shipments hit 15 million

US magazine Time has named its all-time best 100 video games – and as you’d imagine there are some expected and definitely not as expected inclusions. It divides its list into decades. The 1970s, for instance, includes obvious contenders such as arcade smash-hit Space Invaders and tennis sim Pong, as …

Grand Theft Auto Vice City has been removed from Steam and other digital retailers. The only official comment on the matter comes from a Rockstar rep speaking on the Steam forums, who confirmed: Due to some music licensing issues, we’ve had to temporarily remove Vice City PC from digital stores. …

Ireland's games market valued at seven per cent of UK and Eire, claims report

An interactive Pokemon encyclopaedia called Pokemon Zukan has been launched on the Japanese Apple App Store. It’s the second Pokemon-themed release on Apple’s portal following the arrival of Pokemon Say Tap last year. This new title, however, is the first paid-for Nintendo iOS app, though purists will argue that it’s …

New microtransactions and virtual currency system options implemented into MMO