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As of today every GAME and Gamestation store in the UK has a range of Xbox Live digital titles on their shelves. In February this year the range was trailed in 44 stores, with customers receiving a code to download the content either on a paper receipt, email or SMS …

Gritty, violent and, to be frank, all-round grumpy fella Max Payne will once again be hitting consoles and PC early next year. Rockstar has announced that Max Payne 3 will be released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in March 2012. Protagonist Max has taken up the job of a …

In MCV’s latest rundown of the industry’s hottest vacancies and biggest personnel news, there have been several changes made to the upper echelons of platform holders Sony and Microsoft. EXECUTIVE SHUFFLE FOR XBOX AND PLAYSTATION Jonathan Grimes (far left) has rejoined the team at Xbox UK as retail sales and …

Govt investment continues to grow for Canada's leading game dev cluster

Up until yesterday ModernWarfare3.com was not owned by Activision. Now, however, it is. In July publisher EA was accused of snapping up the domain so it could redirect fans to its own Battlefield 3 website. It transpired, though, that the URL was owned by Florida resident Anthony Abraham – a …

Move comes after several high profile execs have resigned from the publishing giant since March

Sales of online games are expected to pass physical retail from 2013, an analyst at DFC Intelligence has claimed. The report predicts that online sales will increase from $19.3 billion in 2010 to $37.9 billion by 2016, driving the overall industry value to $81 billion.It also states that traditional retail …

Industry predicted to be worth $81 billion by 2016; Physical 'has peaked'

And more than half say everything they create is owned by their employer

Codemasters kicks off its biggest TV campaign ever with this ad for F1 2011 – and you can watch it here first. The 30-second advertisement will runon ITV, Channel Four, Channel Five, E4, Film Four, Sky Atlantic and Sky Sports targeting men aged between 16 and 34 years old. It …