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Ahead of the publication of the June US video games market numbers, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted big drops for every major format. We expect hardware sales of 325,000 Wii units (down 23 per cent year-on-year), 355,000 Xbox 360 units (down 21 per cent year-on-year), 240,000 PS3 units …

Take-Two’s other publishing label is trying its hand at everything from boxed blockbusters to MMOs for Asia. 2K boss Christoph Hartmann discusses the firm’s initiatives with Christopher Dring. MOTION SUPPORT 2K may be known for BioShock and Duke Nukem but the publisher is not just about the triple-A blockbusters. At …

In a surprise admission, the boss of Microsoft Game Studios Phil Spencer has claimed that the platform holder has lost its way” with the smash hit Halo franchise. The statement comes as Bungie makes an emotional farewell to fans, having officially stepped away from the series that it helped make …

Industryâ??s resistance to share tech is holding it back, Rayman Origins creator says

Winners to be announced during September event

NPD’s Games Industry: Total Consumer Spend report has revealed that the US games market is quickly approaching the point where new, boxed video games sales are no longer the primary sector. In Q1 2011 US consumers spent $2.03bn on boxed console and PC release. In the same period, however, they …

Michel Ancel is back, and explains to Develop how he's shaking things up with his new Rayman game

Two leading companies in the highly factionalised social games space have negotiated a surprise partnership. Bigpoint, which hires over 800 people and is considered one of the world’s five leading online games firms, will port selected games to a rival service hosted by the Netherlands-based Spil Games. Spil Games is …

Amazon has revealed that it’s opening a processing plant in Staffordshire, creating up to 900 new jobs. The new centre will start operating from September and will deal with customers from the UK and across the world. The latest move is just one of several which seem to show the …

In the latest development on the seemingly bubbling feud between publisher EA and Valve’s digital retail portal, claims are circulating that Battlefield 3 will not be available to buy through Steam. As spotted by Joystiq, EA published a list of digital retailers through which the game will be available. EA’s …