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This week we review the current state of the games and consoles TV advertising market in 2012 so far, in comparison to the previous five years. The lines represent TV activity, benchmarked against 2008. The bars represent the year-on-year percentage change in activity (2012 vs 2011).The analysis does not make …

UK developer Splash Damage has said that 2011 release Brink has sold in excess of 2.5m units worldwide, generating revenue of around $120-140m. However, the success of the title has taught the studio one other lesson – developers don’t see all of that cash. And that’s the reason, according to …

This week GameVision takes a look at the Brand Map for Ubisoft’s long-running action franchise Prince of Persia. We asked 6,848 gamers about this brand. 1,315 had played within the last six months and of these we asked 379 to tell us about the game in detail. The Prince of …

The Professor behind the study that led to Metro’s sensational Xbox paedophile predators” last week has stated that the paper misinterpreted its findings. Furthermore, professor of criminology and director of research in criminology and co-director of the centre for abuse and trauma studies at Kingston University Julia Davidson has asked …

Valve has released Steam’s top sellers chart for the week ending on April 21st. For the second week in a row, dungeon crawler Legend of Grimrock claims the top spot. The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition jumps to the second spot, with Skyrim keeping a tight grip on the third. Newcomers …

Two high profile retailers have dropped the price of the PS3 from $249 to $199. Amazon currently offers the 160GB Playstation 3 system at the reduced tag. GameStop is also offering the console at the same price, but bundles in a free copy of Batman: Arkham City or Mortal Kombat: …

An iOS version of Capcom’s fighting mash-up sequel Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is heading to the App Store this week. The Capcom Unity Blog reveals the port will arrive this Wednesday, April 25th and will include the full 56-character roster. Curiously it’ll only be available for iPhone and iPod Touch; …

Deep Silver has announced a delay for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of their pirate RPG Risen 2. Console owners will have to wait until July31st in US/Canada and August 3rd in Europe for the semi-open world title. The title was originally to arrive this week for the two …

A Kirby anthology collection is in the works for the Wii, Nintendo has revealed. The announcement came yesterday via the Nintendo Direct event in Japan. The compilation is being put together in celebration of the Kirby franchise’s 20th anniversary. The company had little more to offer then the announcement itself, …

A firmware update for the Nintendo 3DS is scheduled to arrive in the middle of the week. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced the news during the Nintendo Direct conference yesterday in Japan. The update comes about due to lack of organization for the device. Users were voicing complaints specifically about …