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Retail discounting Skyrim helped the UK games retail market generate a whopping 68.3m last week – a ten per cent rise over the week prior’s 62.2m. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim also toppled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as the top-selling game of the week ending December 10th, thanks …

Giant of photography, audio and video licensing signs up to UK games industry trade body

Bossa wonâ??t work for console manufacturers who don't promote interconnectivity, says studio co-founder Henrique Olifiers

Five leading independents to support GamesAid through 'pay what you want' Ian Livingstone-approved pack LittleBigBunch

What Call of Duty is the UK and US market, Monster is to Japan – so it’s no surprise to see Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3G shoot straight to the top of the charts in Japan, boosting 3DS sales in the process. Capcom’s title sold an impressive 521,959 in its first …

In a spectacular display of brutal retail price-cutting, Bethesda’s online shooter Brink has been slashed to just 97p on GameStop.co.uk. And the amazing thing is that the deal comes almost seven months to the day since the game was first released. And we’re not talking about a throwaway title here. …

Psychological action thriller Alan Wake will be released on PC in early 2012 – a year and a half after its Xbox 360 release. The game, which was published by Microsoft on Xbox 360 in May 2010, will be available as a downloadable PC title on Steam. Developer Remedy has …

Nintendo has teamed up with the Eurosport Group to create 3D video content for its newest handheld. A dedicated Eurosport video player application is now available free of charge from the Nintendo eShop. Once installed, the app automatically downloads the latest videos via SpotPass. The initial wave of videos will …

Several Xbox Live hits including Street Fighter games will arrive in stores for the first time next year. The Capcom Digital Collection retail SKU for Xbox 360 consists of eight games: 1942: Joint Strike, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, Final Fight Double Impact, Flock, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil and It Came …

We’ve already seen the success of FarmVille and CityVille – now Zynga has launched ForestVille on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The free-to-play building simulation game follows other iOS App Store titles from the casual games giant including Mafia Wars Shakedown, CityVille Holidaytown and Dream Zoo. Players of ForestVille can …