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UK games retailers took a whopping 73.9m last week from game sales alone. In total 2,978,493 titles were sold last week. It’s up over the week before, although slightly down on the comparable week in 2010. But this year there’s still a full sales week to come, including a Saturday …

Brighton studio 'serious' about social and mobile gaming

It’s been live less than a week but Star Wars: The Old Republic could have as many as 1.5m users signed up already. EA’s subscription-based PC MMO went on sale in UK retailers today, although customers who pre-ordered it early have been able to log in and play it since …

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 …