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Retail will not match 2009’s sales figures, despite a Q4 sales surge. Record-breaking sales for FIFA 11 and Black Ops have helped retail beat last year’s Q4 numbers. According to MCV calculations based on Chart-Track data, retail needs to sell more than 20m units and make 313m in three weeks …

Retail is feeling the chill as Arctic weather threatens to bring the country to a standstill this week. Several big December releases – including World of Warcraft: Cataclysm – failed to hit stores in time for launch in recent weeks as icy weather disrupted key deliveries. Now games outlets are drawing …

David Braben is surprised Tim Langdell got away with so much in the first place...

Develop caught up with middleware maestros Unity to discuss the Union distribution model

IT specialists d-Studio tell us why they've joined the app market

Online gaming firm driven by microtransactions

New speakers announced for the Netherlands event

20 million monthly active users, company claims

Time circuits on. The first episode of Telltale Games’ Back To the Future: The Game will finally arrive next week. Entitled It’s About Time, the game will be available to download on PC from December 22nd. Set six months after the events of Back To The Future: Part III, it …

'Best Game Score' award now a permanent feature at the prestigious event