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In a somewhat cruel coincidence, the world’s best Modern Warfare 3 player may also be the man responsible for the lion’s share of the game’s piracy. Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz) posted a video online showing that his Xbox 360 user account MEGARACER is the highest rated in the world …

We’ve been down this road before. Another bleak set of retailer financials, another article in MCV wondering what can be done about it. But now the situation has become more pressured. GAME posted devastating festive results, with sales down 17.6 per across UK and Ireland. While over at HMV, the …

Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure was a bigger hit than you might think. Activision’s new kids IP – which lets consumers buy character figurines and bring them to life in the game – just about crept into last year’s Top 50 chart at No. 48. But, if you add in the various …

Step aside, Davina – Zumba is the UK’s true fitness champion. The original Zumba Fitness has sold more copies year-to-date than the hit TV presenter’s latest workout DVD Ultimate Target. McCall’s latest sold 25,000 copies between January 1st and January 14th, according to data from The Official Charts Company. Zumba …

Eve Online has been governed by players since 2003. Develop speaks to CCP about protests, economies and the PS3 invasion

The new Argos catalogue released this weekend has dated Kinect Star Wars for April in the UK. The Xbox 360, which blends Jedi action with motion control, game was originally included as part of Microsoft’s Christmas 2011 release slate but it was delayed to this year for further development time. …

One of Vita’s most senior designers has admitted that Sony at one stage pondered giving the PlayStation Vita a larger screen including touch-screen controls. However, the platform holder eventually decided that physical controls were a preferable option. When we first saw a prototype of the beautiful OLED screen we used …

Electronic Arts’ FIFA 12 has smashed records for both the series and the sports genre in the UK. GfK Chart-Track data shows that the game has generated more revenue through retail than any previous FIFA titles and any other sports title to date – making it UK’s best-selling sports game …

With its 2012 release state still mostly under wraps, Microsoft has said that it is focusing on the quality of possible new IPs as opposed to the quantity. "I do think that it’s [about] quality and impact, not number of releases in a year," corporate VP of Microsoft Game Studios …

Latest speculation suggests EA spent more than $200 million on MMO