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UK gamers will today be given the chance to grab a copy of Mass Effect 3 far ahead of its release in the territory on March 9th. As it has already done in San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York, EA will launch a copy of the game into space …

Nine top-forty entrants with two games top of the pile

Creator of the two-flipper table leaves treasured legacy

Generation Media reveals the best performing video game TV ad campaigns of last year, including marketing for 3DS and THQ’s uDraw. As 2011’s only major hardware release, it’s no surprise that Nintendo’s campaign for the 3DS was the largest of the year. Spreading the campaign across 22 weeks, however, meant …

The French arm of retailer Amazon has outed a 10th Anniversary Xbox 360 hardware bundle that is apparently due out next month. The SKU includes a 250GB version of the console, two wireless remotes, a disc-based version of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and digital versions of Halo: Reach, Gears of …

The Wi-Fi version of the PlayStation Vita accounted for 79 per cent of the machine’s launch week sales, Chart-Track has revealed. That left the higher priced 3G SKU with 21 per cent of Vita’s week one sales. MCV is unable to publish hardware sales numbers or allude to how they …

The PlayStation Vita has left its mark on the UK market this week, with launch title Uncharted: Golden Abyss debuting at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Nathan Drake’s debut Vita outing claimed 31 per cent of the machine’s total software sales, with this week’s no.2, …

Will Luton provides advice on how you can avoid some common development mistakes

UK's northerly games industry hot spot to demonstrate show of force at GDC

Fat Bob Games MD Euan Mackenzie to head up operations