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This year’s most popular iPhone apps have been revealed – and the majority are games. Angry Birds has become the most popular paid-for iPhone app of 2010, while Facebook was the most downloaded free app. Paper Toss and Angry Birds Lite were the most popular free-to-download games, while Doodle Jump, …

PrimeSense seeks to democratise motion sensor development

Square Enix push back console MMO as main dev team responsibilities shift

Second round of funding distributed between seven Nordic studios

Sony fans will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on Final Fantasy XIV. Square Enix has announced the PS3 version of its MMO has been delayed in order to allow for further development and some planned improvements. This is despite reports that work on Final Fantasy …

Nintendo DS was the best selling console of November in the US, according to NPD. Nintendo said its family of DS products sold 1.5 million units last month, driven by the new red SKU. Meanwhile, Xbox 360 was the biggest selling home console by shifting 1.37 million units – an …

US sales tracker NPD has finally revealed some good news for the struggling music genre. Music game sales are 38 per cent higher in November 2010 than they were during the same period the year before. But it’s not Rock Band 3 or Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock that did …

BioWare’s Mass Effect series will make its PS3 debut on January 21st. EA announced the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 will arrive in the UK three days after its US release on January 18th, according to IGN. The release date is in keeping with the publisher’s initial promise of …

Call of Duty: Black Ops has broken records in North America, selling 8.4 million units in just one month. It is the biggest launch month for any video game in US history, and is already the seventh best-selling game of all time. Black Ops accounted for 25 per cent of …

Home entertainment distributor MBL Group has posted a 78 per cent dip in profits for the six months ending September 30th. Year-on-year profits dropped from 3.2m to 700,000, while revenues fell from 78.2m to 71.1m. MBL distributes entertainment goods including games, DVDs and CDs to retailers such as Morrisons. It …