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Economic weakness, a change to the traditional hardware cycle, the growth of digital – there are plenty of things we can point the finger at when trying to assess the declines seen in all of the major games markets last year. But Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has footed responsibility …

Publisher THQ has predicted that upcoming triple-A shooter Homefront will make more money than either of the company’s big fighting franchises, WWE or UFC. "I don’t think [WWE and UFC] make more money than I expect Homefront to make," core games executive vice president Danny Bilson stated in an interview …

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Sony has announced a new movie sponsorship deal with Channel 5. The partnership will see PS3-branded promos running around all peak and family movies on Channel 5, Fiver and Five USA. It has kicked off with movie-themed idents for the upcoming LittleBigPlanet 2. The deal covers 760 films and will …

Platform holder Microsoft has revealed that DLC for THQ’s upcoming shooter Homefront will be a timed exclusive on Xbox 360. The news, reported by Eurogamer, comes from THQ’s ongoing press gathering in New York. Additional content for the game will be released on PS3, but only after an as-of-yet unannounced …

Though we won’t know anything concrete about 3DS pricing until next Wednesday’s announcement event in Amsterdam, retailers have begun listing the first 3DS titles online – with mixed predictions about their RRP. We discovered earlier in the week that 3DS games will cost more than DS titles, which carry a …

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As has been clear to see on MCVuk.com’s release schedule for several weeks now, Sony PS3 shooter Killzone 3 will be released in the UK on February 25th. The UK release date is just a few days after the US arrival on February 22nd. The US PlayStation blog also reports …

Claims of a possible hack that threatens the security of the PlayStation Trophy system have emerged online. CVG reports that the homebrew application allows the user to instantly unlock all Trophies associated with a title, adding the accolades to their PSN ID. The Trophies are even given random timestamps so …

505 will publish Kung Fu Factory’s ‘unofficial and proud’ MMA game, Supremacy, on PS3 and Xbox 360 in June. The studio gleefully describes the game as ‘bloody and brutal’ and claims that whilst it lacks the backing and branding of the sports chief governing body, UFC, it delivers a grittier, …