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If the trade ever needed proof that Wii owners are still willing to put their hands in their pockets and buy games, 505 Gameshas it. Zumba Fitness is June’s No.1 and has now established itself as the latest Wii sales sensation, propelling 505 into the publishing elite for the month. …

The PC version of Ubisoft’s Driver: San Francisco will require players to have a constant internet connection. The new was confirmed by Driver and Rabbids community developer Mathieu Willem via Twitter, according to Eurogamer. Throughout the first half of 2010, Ubisoft faced criticism and even server attacks after it announced …

Ubisoft’s free-to-play aspirations were unveiled to the UK press at a summer showcase last week. With F2P titles Ghost Recon Online, Imagine Town and The Settlers Online, Ubisoft is adapting its own brands with the ultimate goal of ‘upgrading’ users to richer online games. Using the free-to-play model, we want …

Topware Interactive’s Two Words II: Castle Defence is the first iOS game to allow players to control the action with their eyes. The latest update for the app introduces 3D-ET technology, while uses the iPad 2’s front-facing camera to follow the gamer’s eye movements. According to Topware, this enables the …

Video games play a major part in Best Buy’s new UK consumer magazine. The lovetech magazine will be available in all ten stores, to download from bestbuy.co.uk and will be inserted into the London edition of The Daily Telegraph later this month.The publication features a closer look at Nintendo’s upcoming …

Sony has confirmed that consumers will be able to get hands-on time with PlayStation Vita at Gamescom. The Cologne event will mark the first time the company’s new handheld has been made available to the public. It has previously been announced that gamers would not be able to try the …

The already competitive games rental sector is about to get a brand new competitor – Danish firm OnePlayS. The company is already successful in Denmark and its owner Lasse Jensen, who was one of the co-founders of rental giant Lovefilm, is now rolling out across the whole of the EU. …

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It looks like things have gone a little off the rails in the third week of our challenge, with reports emerging of injuries and binge eating. The tough-talking Neil Gorton from Ginx TV has found that no amount of Bin Kicking and Microwave Dinging can save him from the limitations …

We’re halfway through 2011 and publisher EA can already lay claim to four 2m+ unit selling titles. Portal 2, Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age II have all reached the milestone, while Crytek’s Crysis 2 has now hit 3m unit sales.Of EA’s catalogue software titles, FIFA 11 is rapidly approaching …