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As the most successful home console the world has ever known, Sony’s PS2, celebrates its tenth birthday in Europe, former SCEE president Chris Deering has said that the PS3 could yet go on to eclipse its accomplishments. Now entering its 11th year, the PS2 has sold a total of 147.6m …

The million-selling Sniper Elite franchise will return to the UK market as a Wii game at the end of the year, handled by Creative Distribution. The game is based on the original 2005 release which debuted on PS2 and spread to other formats including Xbox and PC. Sniper Elite on …

High Street retailer HMV is hosting a Gran Turismo 5 3D gaming tournament to celebrate the game’s release. Sony Bravia 3DTVs are being installed in stores across the UK allowing participants to try and become the UK champion. Heats will kick off on November 27th with the fastest two players …

IT distribution firm EntaTech wants to grow its share of the games business. The company has been supplying PC gaming products for a number of years, but is beginning to increase its presence in the sector – most recently with a range of Call of Duty peripherals. Furthermore, the company’s …

European games publisher Tradewest has established a new affiliate company, Tradewest Digital. The new firm will focus on developing, publishing and distribution downloadable games for consoles, PC, mobiles and browsers. Tradewest Digital’s first title will be released just before Christmas. No details are available yet, but the company will be …

Consumer festival GameCity 5 drew 20,000 more attendees than last year’s event. The event in Nottingham – which ran from Wednesday, October 27th to Saturday, October 30th in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University – saw 45,000 people attend, up from last year’s 25,000. Consumers had the chance to play the …

Studio with branding expertise explains why interactive ideas grow on consumers

Future Publishing has posted a slight increase in profit for the year ending September 30th 2010. The period saw profits of 8.3m, up from the 7.6m in the same period a year before. Revenue fell one per cent to 151.5m. Net debt was reduced by nearly 50 per cent to …

Is the leading industry association wasting its time chasing tax breaks? We ask CEO Richard Wilson

Those suspected to have stolen The Witcher 2 may be fined more than legit costs