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Japanese publisher Konami generated YEN 12.9bn (98m) in profit for its financial year ending March 31st 2011, a three per cent drop from last year’s YEN 13.3bn (101m). Net revenues fell 1.6 per cent year-on-year from YEN 262.1bn (2bn) to YEN 258bn (1.9bn). This is across its overall business. In …

A brand new title in the Alien video game franchise has been confirmed this morning, MCV can reveal. In development at Sega owned studio Creative Assembly, at this stage it’s simply being described as an "action title". The developer has told MCV that it maintains an "open mind" about which …

Find out at the Monetising Mobile conference in two weeks' time.

Nintendo may not have launched the 3DS eShop yet, but some US retailers are already selling credit for the virtual store. Joystiq and its readers have spotted Nintendo 3DS Prepaid Cards on sale at various branches of Best Buy, including Merced, California and New York City. The cards are only …

Sega confirms new action title from Total War dev; Next-gen release a possibility; Platforms undecided

But government won't be drawn in on whether Sony should be fined

Upcoming action shooter Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D will hit UK stores in July on 3DS. Publisher Capcom and format holder Nintendo have signed a deal which will see the latter handle sales, marketing and distribution for the game across Europe. This was also the case for 3DS launch title …

So Call of Duty’s dominance is only underlined by EA’s serious bid to dethrone it. Is EA bold enough to deploy Battlefield on the same day as Call of Duty? No one’s too sure. I bet top brass at EA aren’t too sure just yet. For all the talk of …

Blur vs Oasis. Tyson vs Bruno. Now Battlefield vs Call of Duty. The best bitter rivalries in entertainment and culture are the ones most fiercely fought, but where one can’t survive without the other to validate it. Or one can’t survive without the other to generate coverage for it. At …

O2 has announced it will begin stocking the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play at the start of June. The PlayStation-certified phone was originally due for release on April 1st, but the mobile phone provider delayed it after discovering a number software bugs. It turns out these will be fully resolved very …