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So Microsoft won’t allow any games on Xbox Live that have previously been exclusive to other digital platforms? Apparently not. Not only has developer Hello Games confirmed that former PSN-exclusive Joe Danger is on the way to Xbox Live Arcade, but Microsoft has been named as the publisher. Joystiq reports …

Financial results show 17 per cent growth from previous year

This week we look at playing habits for one of the biggest game franchises of all time. In the past five years, Super Mario Bros has enjoyed a new life on the Nintendo DS and Wii.With the 3DS now available we haven’t had to wait long for news of a …

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