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Around 3.5m copies sold on day one; First week sales projected at 6.3 million units

Blizzard has announced that Diablo III is the fastest selling PC game of all time, shifting 3.5m copies worldwide in its first 24 hours. An additional 1.2m copies were distributed to owners of the World of Warcraft Annual Pass, taking the total day one userbase to 4.7m. By the end …

Before March this year, GAME and Gamestation were by far the UK’s biggest pre-owned game retailers. Second-hand goods even made up a third of the group’s total revenues last year. Yet this dominant force in used games has fallen. 277 of its shops have closed. So where do these customers …

Think the digital market is only open to the big players? Think again. Ztorm has launched a new white label service that will allow any independent retailer to set up its own downloads store online. The Gem-owned firm’s new API-plugin for popular blog platform WordPress makes it easy to advertise …

Roku, a leading TV and games streaming company, has joined forces with Gem for its UK debut. Gem will bring the US firm’s platforms to the High Street, starting with two models: the Roku LT and the Roku 2 XS. Both devices stream content straight to users’ TV screens without …

Manufacturers predict a steady decline in the use of game discs as digital gains a tighter grip on the market. The firms responsible for duplicating physical games report that a number of their competitors are on the verge of going out of business. We believe the European market for replication …

Sony is to release both Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Game of the Year Edition as downloads on PSN. Crucially, the prices of each have not yet been divulged. The first game was released way back in late 2007 and the sequel in 2009. Both can routinely …

Britain 'has a remarkable design tradition' says Apple exec

As many as 17 development staff affected, insider claims

Ubisoft has revealed an Insane Edition of highly-anticipated Far Cry 3. The SKU contains a 12cm Vaas Wahine – the game’s chief mentalist – bobble head and a hints and tips guide. There’s also a ton of digital content as well, as detailed here: Monkey Business – Discover Hurk, a …