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UK publisher Focus Multimedia dominated the budget market in October 2011, achieving its largest ever market share in a single month. The firm accounted for 31.4 per cent of all budget PC software sales in terms of units, according to last month’s GfK Chart-Track report. By contrast, Focus’ nearest competitor …

The kingpin MMO has lost one million customers this year

Ubisoft has unveiled a new Wii peripheral that allows players to interact with games by drawing. The Drawsome tablet features a 6.5 x 5-inch touchscreen which displays whatever the user is drawing. These scribbles can then be transferred into the game.Players will also be able to share their creations with …

Take-Two has confirmed its sci-fi shooter XCOM will not be released in March 2012. Instead, the reboot of the classic 2K series will land during the publisher’s next financial year: between April 1st 2012 and March 2013. The delays was announced during Take-Two’s quarterly financial report, according to Eurogamer. The …

The number of World of Warcraft subscribers has fallen from over 12m to 10.3m in one year. Yesterday Blizzard announced that 800,000 players left the PC MMO between July and September. During October last year the game reached a peak with over 12m users. Earlier this year that figure fell …

Company prepares overhaul to digital business

A leaked email from Adobe appears to signal that the company is to quit development of its Flash player plug-in for mobile devices. The news has lead to many pundits proclaiming that this is the first move toward an end for Flash on the internet, as was famously predicted by …

UPDATE: There will not be any specially made PlayStation Move peripherals produced for BioShock Infinite, MCV can reveal. A spokesperson on behalf of Irrational Games told MCV that stories about the supposed accessory are ‘confused’, as was the statement on the PlayStation website. Previous story in full below: 2K Games’ …

Konami’s UK PES team leader John Murphy has admitted that the Pro Evolution Soccer series has fallen further behind rival FIFA. "In the UK we’ve definitely lost ground," Murphy told Eurogamer. "But that doesn’t give us the full picture across all territories. I think right now, there’s been a fair …

Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two has reported a drop in revenues and increased losses for the quarter ending September 30th. Losses reached $47.3m compared to $8m for the same quarter in 2010. Revenue fell from $245m to $107m year-on-year. The numbers, nonetheless, were better than expectations, driven mostly by strong …