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It’s one of Japan’s biggest gaming exports and has sold over 100 million units worldwide. In January 2007, it was listed as the third best-selling video game franchise in the industry. It’s branched from role-playing games to tactics, action, MMORPG, third-person shooter, fighting and rhythm genres. And it’s just about …

Our month-long Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, once again turns its attention to careers in the UK games media. We’ve already looked at what you can expect if you become a staff writer, but now we explore what you can look forward to should you rise to …

It was one of the stars Gamescom 2012, and this new gameplay trailer for Remember Me will only increase the hype. In it we see star Nilin hopping around the rooftops of a future Paris while being relentlessly pursued by a helicopter. We also see glimpses of some interior action, …

Next month, Sony will release the Killzone Trilogy, a PS3 compilation of the three games from the most successful PlayStation first-party FPS franchise. While the first game was released on the PS2, the trilogy will feature an HD remaster of that game playable on the PS3 with Trophy support. Killzone …

Cooler Master has continued the expansion of its CM Storm gaming line, this time with the introduction of its second gaming headset, the CM Storm Sonuz. The lightweight cans feature large 97mm earpads and its noise-cancelling microphone can be removed and attached on either side. While the company’s previous headset, …

This week’s issue of MCV includes a Golden Ticket that gives users 24 hours of free membership to Moshi Monsters. The ticket is part of a massive worldwide campaign by Mind Candy to raise awareness of the online kids phenomenon. More than one million tickets have been inserted into kids, …

This week we look at a wide range of disciplines in the UK

New partnership expands free-to-play racer across Western Europe too

BioShock. Civlization. Mafia. 2K Games has plenty of popular franchises – but it has a new champion when it comes to pre-orders. As of today, Borderlands 2 has become the publisher’s most pre-ordered title in the UK of all time. The wacky Gearbox-developed role-playing shooter is due for release on …

NCsoft has revealed that recent MMO release Guild Wars 2 has topped the software charts in ten separate European countries. One of them, of course, is the UK, there the game entered the All Formats listings last Monday at No.1, knocking Square Enix action outing Sleeping Dogs from its perch. …