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Ubisoft has conquered 21 per cent of the Kinect market in Europe. According the firm’s third quarter financials for the three months ended December 31st, 2010, titles such as Your Shape: Fitness Evolved mean Ubisoft accounts for more than one fifth of the motion controller’s games sales. The company’s European …

PlayStation owners who have previously downloaded PSN content will have to re-purchase any content they wish to access on their Xperia Play. The new Android handset will be compatible with a range of emulated PSone software as well as Android games from a number of publishers. "Xperia Play owners will …

DICE says sequel to adventurous action title was in development but poor sales scuppered plans

Three new crewmembers at Newcastle-based indie outfit

Test Drive Unlimited 2 has more than doubled the week one sales of the original. The MMO racer debuted at No.1 this week and is the biggest launch in the Test Drive franchise, which dates back as far as 1987. It is the first ever All Formats No.1 for Namco …

The Blur and Project Gotham studio closes on Friday; what will be its legacy?

Over half a million fewer games were sold in the UK last month compared with January 2010. It marks a 13.4 per cent dip year-on-year in unit sales for UK games retail, while the market value has fallen 7.9 per cent to 84.6m. Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch pointed to a …

FIFA 11 keeps Electronic Arts at the top spot for a second month, and Ubisoft racks up a third consecutive month of growth. Interestingly, EA only outranks Ubi in terms of full-price software – the ongoing success of the Just Dance series makes the latter leader of the budget market. After …

Microsoft has officially confirmed the second DLC for Xbox 360 shooter Halo Reach. Called the Defiant Map pack, the download will arrive at an unspecified point in March and will cost 800 Microsoft Points. The content was created "in partnership" with Certain Affinity, whose other credits include the multiplayer components …

Publisher Namco Bandai is working on Android, iPad, and iPhone versions of its biggest franchises. The news comes as the company finalises the merger of its US boxed games division with its Networks department – which looks after digital and mobile games. Namco Bandai US vice president Carlson Choi says …