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A report by the International Data Corporation has pointed to a possible sales win for Xbox 360 Kinect over PS3 Move over the next six months. PC World reports that the report estimates that the total install base for Kinect over the next six months amongst 25-44 year olds will …

Japanese publisher Sega Sammy has reduced its gaming losses for the first half of its financial year on the back of strong video games software sales which helped propel the company to record profits. An operating loss for the six months ending September of 1.3bn ($16m) was reported for its …

Mega Man creator announces resignation via blog post

Sniper: Ghost Warrior studio to use CryEngine 3 with two new projects

Online men’s lifestyle site AskMen has named Activision boss Bobby Kotick as the 16th most influential man of 2010. There are few people in the gaming industry who divide critics more than Activision Blizzard head honcho Bobby Kotick,” it reads. On one hand, shareholders love his ability to generate revenue …

The first day’s stock is all gone, but Microsoft says Kinect won’t be in short supply too much in the following weeks. Speaking to MCV this week Xbox’s GM for UK & Ireland Neil Thompson said a ‘healthy’ amount of Kinect stock is heading to the UK for week one. …

Irrational Games boss defends struggling games platform

The humble TV set-top box is finally emerging as a genuine challenger to Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. The team behind Freeview successor YouView have told MCV that the new platform – co-funded by UK broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Five plus the likes of BT – will use an …

At this stage it’s impossible to know what’s true and what’s not about Sony’s new PSP machines, but Kotaku has gone live with what it claims are further specs about the PSP’s true successor, the PSP2. It reports that the device houses twice the RAM of Xbox 360 – 1GB …

The Networked Product and Services Division of Sony, which houses amongst many things its PlayStation operations, has reported an operating profit of 6.9bn ($86m) in its fiscal Q2 – a drastic improvement on the 59bn ($730m) loss it incurred in the same period in 2009. Sales at the unit grew …