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Retail will hope the worst is behind it as August game sales plunged to new lows. The boxed games market did enjoy a late sales spike with Deus Ex, which reached No.2 in the Chart-Track monthly charts despite just two days on sale. But this only highlights what a weak …

Fourth buyout in 18 months for browser games giant; More acquisitions planned

A new study into scary console claims has named EA’s Dead Space 2 as the scariest game on Xbox 360. The Vertical Slice study, published on Gamasutra, also drew a number of other conclusions about the nature of scary games and the most effective means of frightening players. For instance, …

The date has been set for the trial that will settle Infinity Ward co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella lawsuit against Activision. The case will officially got to court in Los Angeles in May 7th, where the pair will sue its former employer on fraud allegations, according to Gamasutra. The …

Developer Sports Interactive has announced an official release date for Football Manager 2012 in the UK. The game will arrive on both PC and Mac on October 21st. Over 800 new features are promised in this latest instalment of the series. Heavy revisions have been made to the transfer market …

Keep selling second-hand games and new retail releases will diminish, studio boss warns

Electronic Arts has pulled the iPhone version of its social game FIFA Superstars from the App Store, after players experienced problems playing the connected game. The game started life on Facebook, where it currently has just under 2.8 million monthly active users. In late August, a standalone iPhone version was …

Computing giant helping finance cloud based services

Trade association pledges to support casual games developers

UK retailers GAME and Gamestation have from today started selling Blu-ray movies and music in-store, on the same day that the Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray boxset is released. Around 300 stores in total will offer a catalogue of over 60 Blu-ray films. Blu-rays will also be included in …