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Anticipated Valve shooter to make its way to download console networks

Online retailer Zavvi has grabbed a tasty Metal Gear Solid HD worldwide exclusive. For 69.85 consumers can now pre-order what is being called the Metal Gear Solid: Ultimate HD Collection for PS3. Only 4,000 copies are going be made available worldwide, the retailer claims. And there’s certainly no way anyone …

While Nintendo’s most senior executives were publicly criticising the App Store for ‘weakening the value’ of games, behind closed doors Apple may be advocating premium prices on its influential digital store. According to UK studio Somethin’ Else, Apple encouraged the group to raise the price of its award-winning iOS game …

EA have an entirely new team running the Asia-Pacific region from its Sydney office, which is headed up by former EA UK sales director Mark Bradley. Bradley previously spend almost 5 years working at EA in the UK in multiple sales roles before becoming the general manager of the Nordic …

GAME will be selling PlayStation Network games in-store across all its 620 UK stores by mid-September. This morning the pair announced a partnership to start selling digital content at bricks and mortar – at first a range of over 50 games will be sold via 42 stores, gradually rolling out …

In the first in a new series, we profile upcoming talent in the PC games space. [In association with Green Man Gaming]

We look at the latest TV advertising activity for games targeting men, children and housewives. This is provided by specialist communication firmGeneration Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. This week we take a look at the year-on-year weekly marketing dynamics from March 13th to July 24th, for males …

Nintendo has announced that Just Dance 2 has now sold over 5m copies in the US. It’s only the eighth title to do so and is the first from a third party publisher. Worldwide sales for the game stand at 14m. Here is the complete list of 5m+ sellers: 1. …

Way back in April last year tech blog Gizmodo shocked the tech world with its first and very much unofficial look at Apple’s still unannounced iPhone 4. Now the man behind the scoop has been charged by US police. Brian Hogan sold the handset for $5,000 after supposedly finding it …

Electronics manufacturer Panasonic has landed an exclusive Blu-ray deal that it hopes will win it vital market share this Q4. The company will be offering free copies of the original Star Wars trilogy on Blu-ray when consumers purchase any one of a select range of Blu-ray players. The deal coincides …