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City Interactive has announced more than 2m copies of Sniper: Ghost Warrior have been sold worldwide to date. The FPS was a surprise hit when it landed in the UK last year, quickly gunning for a position in the UK All Formats Top Ten. Sniper passed the 1m sales mark …

Japan launch sales beat PSP but down 50,000 units on 3DS

Having never made a game before, design studio Ustwo spent £150,000 making a 69p app called Whale Trail. What were they thinking?

Transition from PS2 to PS3 were the 'darkest days' for studio, says co-president Evan Wells

Fruit Ninja outfit takes Developer of the Year award as top Australian studio

But console giant will not unveil anything new about next-gen system

Platform holder Sony has apologised and released a guide to help PlayStation Vita owners fix an early system freeze problem. A number of buyers have reported bugs since the handheld went on sale in Japan this weekend, such as unresponsive touchscreens and system lockups, reports Engadget. Several have uploaded videos …

Nintendo will be showing off its upcoming Wii U console at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show – but don’t expect anything new. Speculation has been rife for the past few days as to whether or not Nintendo would attend the US event. These have now been confirmed via a statement …

PlayStation’s new portable console has been out in Japan for a few days now, and the first numbers are in. Famitsu (citing Enterbrain) says 321,407 Vita machines were sold in its first two days on sale. It’s a decent figure, higher than what the original PSP managed. But it is …

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