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The last couple of years have been tough on the High Street. But that isn’t the impression you get when you look at what retail has in store this week. Midnight Tuesday through to close of business Wednesday are ground zero, the biggest software release and most-hyped hardware launch delivering …

High Street retail is expecting astronomical sales during what some stores have dubbed ‘no sleep week.’ Over the next seven days, Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops and Microsoft’s Kinect will reach shelves, with some outlets planning to open round the clock. And leading figures in the trade have speculated …

The largest independent studio in Canada has rebranded itself with a new mission to break into the nascent digital markets. Behaviour Interactive – formerly known as Artificial Mind and Movement – will continue to undertake contract work for publishers, yet the group has targeted new opportunities in the self-publishing online …

Artificial Mind and Movement rechristened Behaviour Interactive

Enslaved actor/director lauds artistic credibility of video games medium

Having shot to the top of the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Trak UK All Formats Top 40 this week, Sega’s Football Manager 2011 has also succeeded in claiming another significant sales victory. According to Miles Jacobson, the boss of developer Sports Interactive, FM 2011’s first week sales were stronger …

The studio once known as A2M has emerged under a new brand with a new purpose. Develop explores why

Momentum is already building behind 2011’s Eurogamer Expo. Organiser Eurogamer has today decided the dates for the show – and revealed it will expand to four days next year. It is thought that an even longer run can attract over 30,000 attendees – a 10k jump on this year’s 20,000. …

This year’s ME Awards, the mobile industry’s premier awards event hosted by MCV’s sister website ME, takes place at the Royal Garden Hotel in London on November 18th. The event gathers together over 350 execs to celebrate the best of the mobile content industry. This year, the big names in …

Developer Harmonix has released the first DLC for Dance Central on Xbox Live ahead of the game’s arrival in the UK on Wednesday – the same day, of course, that Microsoft Kinect will officially launch. OXM reports that in total three tracks have been made available – Lady Sovereign’s ‘Got …