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PR manager Neil Ashurst has departed GAME Group this week after three and a half years at the firm. He will be joining PR agency Romley Davies, where he will head up the company’s newly-signed Blockbuster account. He will support the rental chain’s growing games offering, as well as its …

Sony’s new handheld has maintained a steady level of sales in its fourth week on the market, but Nintendo has widened the gap. Vita sold 42,915 units in the week ending January 8th, a slight improvements on the 42,468 units from the previous week. Sony claims 500,000 units have been …

The new boss of SCE UK has told MCV that the company should have sold more PlayStation move units in the UK than it has. I’d say we have a solid foothold with [Move],” Fergal Gara told MCV. Could it, should it, have done more? I think so. It is …

HMV’s Xmas would have been a lot better had there been more video games to sell, says CEO Simon Fox. His words came ahead of news that the firm has merged its games and technology teams, leading to the departure of popular games boss Tim Ellis. Ewan Pinder is now …

PlayStation says it is impossible and dangerous to judge PS Vita’s UK launch on its ‘slow’ start in Japan. Despite selling some 325,000 units in its first weekend, Vita fell behind PSP and 3DS in Japan during its second and third week, which sparked a string of negative reports in …

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Singing sensation Adele sold over 1m more copies of her latest album than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The FPS loses its crown as the UK’s biggest entertainment property in terms of units sold, although it remains No.1 in value. Call of Duty topped the same list in both …

Writer award nominations for British studio duo

Cloud gaming service OnLive will soon be available through devices that feature Google TV. The company will begin rolling out its streaming service with the Viewer App, according to CVG. This allows users to watch what other OnLive members are playing and communicate with friends. The Viewer App was launched …

It looked as if the 2D shmup was enjoying a revival. But bad news from cult shmup developer Cave in Japan has asked new questions about the viability of the genre. Andrasang reports that Cave has revised its financial forecasts downwards. Having previously expected to make 10m for the six …