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International games retail giant GameStop has reported a decline in physical sales but a boost in digital for the quarter ending October 27th. Net losses for the period reached $624.3m compared to net earnings of $53.9m the year before, but this includes goodwill and other impairment charges of $678.8m stemming …

Tech designed to assist developers with modelling, animating and rendering trees

With millions of day one sales, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was always going to experience a couple of hiccups. Sadly for owners of the PS3, both of the early issues are dogging only their systems. Some players have taken to the European PlayStation forums to complain of online …

Nintendo may be taking bold strides into digital distribution with the Wii U, but owners of the 8GB Basic console will need to invest in external storage to make the most of it. Kotaku reports that, as is standard with any electronic device, the Basic Wii U actually ships with …

This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it features a full guide to this year’s London Games Conference, which discusses the best ways of making money from digital games. We also reveal how power is shifting towards supermarkets on the High Street and interview Ubisoft’s Geoffroy Sardin. …

Ten years ago Microsoft embarked on an ambitious venture to marry the worlds of the internet and console gaming. And it’s no exaggeration to say that the seeds it planted have gone on to transform the world of gaming. What began as a 56K modem on Sega’s (and let’s not …

Popular title struggles to break past $10,000 in revenue despite more than 600,000 downloads

Developer blames industry trends such as move to mobile and the decline of Flash as reasons for game's closure

Beyonce Knowles WILL have to go to court to face a $100m lawsuit from developer Gate Five. The studio began legal proceedings against the R&B star last year over an alleged breach of contract concerning a dancing game called Starpower: Beyonce, claiming "a bad faith breach of contract so callous …

Valve has initially blocked a Slender-style game from Steam Greenlight due to copyright concerns. Faceless, a title initially known as Slender: Source, was submitted to Valve’s crowd-driven service by developer Justin Ross. It has been one of the most voted games since Greenlight was launched. The game is inspired by …