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UK games stores have applauded Activision’s ‘risky’ new direction for Call of Duty. Black Ops II thrusts the series 13 years into the future, and introduces non-linear gameplay to the franchise. I sense that there’s a real commitment from Activision andTreyarch to raise the bar once again for the Call …

TheUK games retail market was down a third in a tough April for the trade. Retailers made 45.8m from software sales last month, a 34.1 per centdrop over the same period last year. Just over 2m games were sold at UKretail, a year-on-year decline of 33.2 per cent. However, there …

While Game Retail Limited, the new owner of retailer GAME, appears in good health, the future looks less certain for its flagship Oxford Street Store in London. The Telegraph reports that the outlet could be forced to close its doors after the landlord, Lazari GP, won a court order last …

Administrator PriceWaterhouseCooper has said that it is already talking to a number of parties” about a possible acquisition of GAME’s Australian arm. "Initially we will continue to trade all stores, operating these on as close to a ‘business as usual’ mode as possible whilst we get a clearer understanding of …

inXile's Fargo keeps platform options open

Beta for rumoured successor available in the Philippines

Publisher EA claims previous reports were inaccurate

Project now due for completion within the first three months of 2013

A Dutch court has ordered Netherland’s The Pirate Party to stop publicising ways in which consumers can circumvent blocks put on The Pirate Bay. Two of the country’s biggest ISPs have previously been ordered to block access to the site. Five additional ISPs have also been ordered to follow suit. …

Activision stands to make $100m annually from Modern Warfare and Black Ops online service