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Unreal Engine boss thinks the App Store will soon have its own 'Avatar blockbuster'

Sky1 sports panel show A League of Their Own will from tomorrow feature an Xbox 360 as part of a product placement deal between Microsoft and the broadcaster. In December of last year Ofcom finally gave the nod to legal product placement on UK TV shows. The change came into …

A clear picture of the total number of consoles sold in Europe has emerged today. According to IDG data released by GameStop, the active European games console market in total is around 153m units. 114m of that are current gen machines, which breaks down like this: – 14.7million Sony PlayStation …

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Developer accuses Epic of 'sabotaging' Unreal Engine licensees

It is regarded by many as a phenomenon unique to the UK video games market, but savage price wars are now spreading further afield. The majority of video games sales in both Australia and New Zealand are through specialist retailers, including EB Games, and JB HiFi, but a price war …

Before everyone said triple-A is heading to mobile, Mark Rein said it. Develop quizzes the Epic boss on the industry's future

The UK digital video games market is bigger than the music and DVD market combined, says retail body ERA. The firm estimates the digital games market made 411m last year, followed by music at 280.7m and digital video at 77.4m. Digital now accounts for 14.6 per cent of the entertainment …

Sony Online Entertainment has closed down three of its studios and made sweeping redundancies across the company, according to unsubstantiated rumours. News site Kotaku claims the firm has closed studios in Seattle, Arizona and Denver. The website claimed that nearly one-third” of Sony Online Entertainment had been axed across the …

Shooter gamers and wannabe gangsters will be delighted to hear that the Mafia II Director’s Cut has been confirmed by 2K. An image of the $29.99 SKU – which includes three expansions and four style packs, as well as the original game – appeared on Amazon.com last week before being …