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Age of Conan developer Funcom has reached an agreement to co-publish its latest PC MMO with EA Partners. The upcoming action title – The Secret World – allows players to create and progress their own character without the restrictions of classes and levels. It’s the third MMO from Funcom following …

FIFA 11 still reigns at the top of the All Formats Top 40, having dethroned Call of Duty: Black Ops last week. Activison’s record-breaking shooter falls to third place as Just Dance 2 rises above it, suggesting the beginning of a slow decline for Treyarch’s latest. Other top sellers this …

Retailer Best Buy has reported revenues of $8.4bn for December 2010 – a 1.6 per cent decline year-on-year. The US market in isolation suffered a 3.2 per cent dip to $6.5bn, which was partially made up for by a 4.5 per cent jump in international revenues to $1.9bn, though Best …

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Nintendo’s UK website for the 3DS handheld has gone live. For the time being, there’s nothing to see on the site other than a large graphic accompanied by the words "See it. 2011". However, you can expect plenty more to be added following the official European launch announcement event that …

Nintendo has confirmed that eight titles will launch with the 3DS in Japan on February 26th. Only one of these, Nintendogs+Cats, is a first party title with the others coming from third party publishers – Super Street Fighter IV 3D, Winning Eleven, Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (which …

Side production manager Sini Downing recounts how star talent was captured for Fable III's dialogue

European developer and publisher JoWooD Entertainment has entered a state of insolvency. The Austria-based firm announced on its corporate website that all efforts towards restructuring of capitalisation concerning outside capital as well as equality capital had to be considered as failed”. As such, it has declared material insolvency. JoWooD has …

Apple has confirmed that 1m apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in its first 24 hours. There are already 1,000 free and paid apps available for Mac across categories such as games, education, graphics, lifestyle and productivity. Early users have been wowed by the ease at which …