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It was a big week for the UK games market, with the total value up by 36 per cent to 39.1m, and unit sales up by 31 per cent to 1,300,858. The reason for the sales surge? Battlefield 3. The game is now the tenth fastest-selling game in Chart-Track history, …

The unification of trade bodies Tiga and UKIE would be approved by four times as many industry professionals as those who oppose, new data suggests. The results of a new survey, show that 58.1 per cent of industry respondents favour a merger of both groups, while only 14.9 per cent …

Countdown to LGC: Only 15% oppose Tiga-UKIE merger

Publisher Bethesda has announced a brand new Ultimate Edition SKU for its popular post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout: New Vegas. As well as the full original game, the release will also contain all the DLC that he subsequently been released – Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, Lonesome Road, Courier’s Stash …

Company-wide restructure cuts headcount to 350

Battlefield 3 may already be sitting on the shelves of some 5m gamers, but EA knows that’s not the end of the challenge. With Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 being released worldwide on Tuesday November 8th, it’s safe to assume that at least a proportion of this user …

US to be usurped by the end of 2013, Flurry claims

Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft and Gem are among the companies already signed up to this year’s MCV/Xbox Xmas Quiz, taking place on December 1st at London’s Sway Bar. Others who have entered teams include Lygo,Turner Media Innovations, Future, GameSpot, Videogamer.com, Amazon, Comet and Tesco – and time’s running out if you …

Namco Bandai and Capcom are breaking the first and second rules of Fight Club by not only talking about it, but inviting the rest of you to join in. The rival publishers have teamed up for a special charity event on December 2nd at the Namco Station in London. It …

Rockstar has for the first time spoken about the recently announced Grand Theft Auto V. The first ever trailer for the game was released late yesterday afternoon. As we know, the game returns to many of the locations found in PS2 hit GTA: San Andreas. Rockstar describes it as the …