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With the nation high on the triumph that was Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony, Sega is celebrating chart triumph with London 2012: The Official Video Game climbing to No.1. It’s the first time it has claimed top spot in the five weeks it has been on sale. Weekly sales were up …

Mike Hayes to take up the role of non-executive director at UK-based digital publisher

Digital entertainment and media app upstart Caperfly has revealed former Sega West president Mike Hayes as its new non-executive director. This is a good time to be in this new vibrant sector of the industry,” Hayes stated. I am positive we can take advantage of the next great wave of …

Japanese publisher Capcom has posted solid results for the quarter ending June 30th 2012. It reported a 244.4 per cent year-on-year increase in operating income to 2,669m and a 55.8 per cent jump in net sales. Net income for the three months ending June 30th climbed 290.2 per cent to …

A Durango – or next-gen Xbox 720 – development kit that was touted for sale online looks to be real. Digital Foundry has been in contact not only with the man selling the kit, but also with a number of other development sources – all of whom corroborated the hardware’s …

After what seems like an eternity of legislation limbo, PEGI age ratings for video games have become law in the UK today. UKIE has done a great job of getting decent coverage of the achievement on the BBC this morning – all the more impressive considering the blanket reporting of …

While official confirmation is sparse, it appears there’s a lot going on with Dead Island developer Techland. The dev recently filed a trademark spotted by Siliconerafor a ‘Dead Stop’ game product which specifically applies to mobile phones and portables. There’s also rumours swirling around a Dead Island sequel entitled Dead …

Grand Theft Auto III is heading to the PS2 classics department on PSN this week. The game will be available digitally this Tuesday, July 31st for $10. The rerelease of Rockstar’s decade-old effort was confirmed during the latest US Playstation Blogcast, along with the launch date (which at the moment …

XBLA sales for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD are off to a solid start. The update to the skateboarding series racked up 120,000 copies sold in its first week, Josh Tsui of Robomodo told Gamasutra. Tsui added that sales have remained consistent since the game’s launch thanks to good word …

Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles for the past week. ArmA II, imbued by the power of its DayZ mod, simply refuses to relinquish its firm grasp on the top of the charts. The aging FPS came out ahead again this week despite some heavy competition in the arrival …