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Blockbuster beats Avatar to become fastest entertainment product to reach the milestone

Lord Alan Sugar will tonight decide the winner of Young Apprentice. And he will use video games to make the choice. Tonight’s season finale for the junior entrepreneur show challenges it finalists, Zara Brownless and James McCullagh, to develop and market an online video game. One of the two will …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has become the fastest piece of entertainment to generate $1bn in sales, toppling movie blockbuster Avatar. It achieved this milestone within 16 days of going on sale on November 8th, ahead of Avatar’s 17 days in 2009. Call of Duty now boasts 30m players …

Current and former NBC execs reportedly approached to take on new role

Apple says customers will not be affected and will appeal decision

A new High Definition Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game will be available to download next summer. Skateboarding star Tony Hawk made the announcement at the Spike Video Game Awards this weekend, after hinting about a new game last week. The download-only title will cost ‘less than $20′ and include elements …

Epic Games says its new title Fortnite was inspired by Mojang’s smash hit creation game Minecraft. Gears of War creator Epic revealed its new IP Fortnite at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards on the weekend. Like Minecraft, it focuses on allowing gamers to construct their own buildings. Minecraft was …

New Generals title using Battlefield 3's Frostbite 2 engine

Development of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has switched from Kojima Productions to Vanquish studio Platinum Games. During the Spike Video Game Awards this weekend, Konami revealed the game had been rebooted and renamed. Andriasang reports the action title had been previously canned in secret. Tweets from Metal Gear Solid creator …

Codemasters is releasing a new boxed destruction-based entry in its popular Dirt driving franchise in May 2012, titled Dirt Showdown. The spin-off game mixes the arcade-style extreme sports elements of Dirt 2, the ‘Gymkhana’ stunt events from Dirt 3 and adds in some Destruction Derby-style action, according to GameSpot. It …