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Retail’s defence of pre-owned is a simple one. Consumers trade in their games so they can buy new ones. It helps inflate sales of newly released titles, and the specialist retailers all have stats to back up this claim, too. But unfortunately that argument has broken down now the likes …

Microsoft claims it has sold over 1m Kinect cameras in the 10 days since the device first launched. According to Xbox chief Don Mattrick, the firm is still on track to sell 5m units by the end of the year. Kinect launced in North America two weeks ago, and a …

Two of Ubisoft’s biggest titles of 2011 have been delayed. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Driver: San Francisco were due for release in Q1 2011, but have now been pushed back until the publisher’s next financial year – which falls between April 2011 and March 2012. The announcement emerged as …

Ubisoft has reorganised its studios, the firm said in its half-year financial earnings statement today. Although exact details were not provided, the publisher said it was "reorganizing the roles and operations of its studios" so it could "adapt its structure to the major changes in the industry". That means the …

Looking to create the next Guitar Hero or Just Dance? You could do worse than head over to California in January for the world’s largest music products event. Held at the Anaheim Convention Center from January 13th-16th, the NAMM Show covers everything from instrument to recording technology, sound and lighting. …

Firm wants to 'meet new challenges in our industry' says CEO as dev teams look to new platforms

Sales for the first six months of the 2010-11 financial year, a period ending September 30th, came to €260m – up 56.7% (or 46.0% taking into account exchange rate variance) on the €166m recorded for the same period last year. Gross profit stood at €146.2m. Losses did increase overall – …

Anaheim musical instrument trade show broadens reach with special introductory offer

David Perry, one of the game industry’s longest-serving contributors and co-founder of cloud gaming service Gaikai, is returning to his roots in game design. The veteran developer, who began his career in the early ‘80s, is currently building an iPad game along with a European indie studio. Perry told Develop …

Nintendo has admitted that it will fall far short of selling the 1m units it had predicted for September’s Wii release Metroid: Other M. The game has a respectable Metacritic average of 79 per cent and managed to finish in the September Top Ten in the US. However, despite managing …