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Bethesda has released the long awaited first trailer for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s first DLC release. Called Dawnguard, the expansion will be released this summer on Xbox Live for 1,600 (13.70) Microsoft Points. In the video we see a darker take on the Skyrim world, with players invited to …

Sports Champions 2 and DanceStar Party Hits will be released on PS3 for PlayStation Move later this year. SC2 is a sequel to Move’s best selling title to date. It includes new events such as boxing, golf, bowling, skiing and tennis. It can support both single of twin Move controllers …

While ISFE boasts an impressive survey of European gamers, NPD is for the first time sharing its data on non-new, non-boxed video game sales in the UK via MCV. Its latest report in the Q4 2011 spending on areas like pre-owned, rental, subscription and digital games reveals just how big …

With the backing of Activision, Disney, EA, Microsoft, Namco Bandai, Sony, Take-Two and Ubisoft, ISFE says its new pan-Euro data is the industry’s best. The Interactive Software Federation of Europe unveiled GameTrack at a breakfast briefing in London this week, attended by key publisher representatives including EA’s Europe chief Jens …

Platform holder Sony claims the growing appetite for digital content is helping grow the sales of ‘full console’ games. The format-holder releases some games on PSN and at retail on the same day to make them as accessible as possible”. The world is changing at a rapid rate and the …

Intent Media has launched its third international venture, with MCV India now live at www.mcvindia.com. The aim of MCV India is simple: to become a trusted and prolific resource for news affecting all games industry sectors in the region, encompassing both trade and consumers. The site offers English language, locally-derived …

British gamers spent nearly 100m on pre-owned software during Q4 2011. According to NPD data shared with MCV, $141.9m (90m) went on used game purchases during Christmas. That’s just ten per cent of the 780m GfK Chart-Track reports was spent on new boxed video games in the same period. The …

Disappointed by the possibility of no new hardware from Sony or Microsoft at E3 next week?Don’t be, says Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick. The GTA publisher has told MCV that an extended console cycle is good for publishers of expensive, triple-A games. The biggest blockbusters are still selling in huge numbers, …

Capcom’s open-world Dragon’s Dogma has debuted at the top of the Japanese software charts. It sold a fantastic 302,040 units on PS3 with an additional 29,024 units on Xbox 360. The two SKUs claimed first and fifth in the software charts respectively. Even more impressively, the game becomes the fastest …

The man in charge of online marketing at PlayStation Europe has been named Green Man Gaming’s new marketing director. Darren Cairns worked at SCEE for six years, leading the publisher’s digital strategy for PlayStation and played a ‘instrumental’ role in the launch of PlayStation Network. He has over 15 years …