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We are yet to receive any firm sales numbers for Call of Duty: Black Ops from publisher Activision, but stats from Xbox Live suggests the game is well on track to rival the records set by its predecessor Modern Warfare 2. As noted by Treyarch’s community manager Josh Olin, last …

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MIGS 2010: And that's why it's a great studio, says 2D Boy co-founder Jon Carmel

Sainsbury’s says it will launch a digital download service this year – but it won’t include games. The supermarket giant’s service will begin with music, DVD and early next year, eBooks. The news follows the launch of Sainsbury’s Enertainment website, which does stock physical copies of video games. It’s being …

MIGS 2010: A blend of indie and commercial studio models is the secret to better games, argues World of Goo creator

Sony has announced the extras scheduled for inclusion of the Collectors’ Edition version of LittleBigPlanet 2, which is due out on PS3 in January. The SKU will come packaged in a SteelBook case. The transparent plastic sleeve onto which the game’s logos are printed slides off to reveal a clean …

British mobile studio Tag Games sends â??lifestyleâ?? app to top of charts

While initial consumer reaction to the Kinect appears to be positive, it is too early to ascertain whether this new concept in gaming will revolutionise the market. Its social-oriented games are designed to appeal to the new generation of casual gamers whose entry point to gaming was the Nintendo Wii. …