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The US PlayStation Blog has had a major overhaul to make it easier for consumers to find info on the newest titles. The new design was unveiled this week, which highlights the latest posts and content more effectively. The layout has been widened to account for the fact that most …

'Of course the people who make games vote for them,' says red-faced publisher

Following recent criticism from publisher EA, NPD has once again pledged to introduce digital sales numbers into its monthly US video games sales data. "We are expanding the number of digital retailers we have relationships with in order to develop a digital POS (point of sale) service," NPD analyst Anita …

Following an online investigation by Reddit user GatoFiasco, it has emerged that a member of the BioWare development team has posted a high-scoring user review on Metacritic in an attempt to inflate the overall Dragon Age II score. Alarm bells began ringing when a new user to the site posted …

Shares in publisher THQ dropped by nearly 25 per cent yesterday, with the LA Times claiming that analysts are "spooked" by the lower than expected review scores for new shooter Homefront. At the time of writing the game has a Metacritic average of 72 per cent, placing well below the …

A major exec from publisher EA has both described Wii as a last-gen platform and hinted that Nintendo is already well on the road to announcing a successor. "When you look at Nintendo, for a while there, it was all about the Wii being the biggest entertainment platform ever and …

Blizzard Entertainment CEO Mike Morhaime has confirmed that its still unofficial and unnamed ‘next generation MMO’ will be based around completely original IP. He also discussed ‘Project Titan’, and confirmed that the game would be based around completely original IP. Internally we think of that as a next generation MMO," …

Develop speaks to the engine vendor that's buying and selling

Pokmon Black and White have sold 1m units across Europe since the pair hit shelves on March 4th. The new DS adventure titles beat the previous Pokmon sales record in the UK to become the fastest-selling games in the series. Europe’s total install base for Pokmon titles has also now …

Reviews aggregator Metacritic has – some would say belatedly – added an iOS section to its site to keep track of reviews of games released for Apple’s range of devices. The new section goes live with a huge number of games on its database, though for the time being just …