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EA has announced that the new Medal of Honor has broken the series’ record for pre-orders. The game is due on shelves on October 15th and has already achieved a higher number of pre-sell units than any previous MOH title before it. To further build anticipation behind this release, the …

Microsoft has stepped up a gear in the race for Top Gear content against Sony’s Gran Turismo 5. The Forza Motorsport 3 Ultimate Collection re-release will come with a code that allows users to download Top Gear videos, an Xbox Live theme and a car pack. There will be 90 …

Gamebryo and Lightspeed bolstered by Kalydo and Jenkins integrations

Xbox owner apparently in for Linden Lab, with further rumours of UK studio closures

Speaking to analysts yesterday, Nintendo president Saturo Iwata admitted one curious reason for the comparatively high price of the Nintendo DS handheld – the enthusiasm with which it was greeted Andriasang says Iwata told the audience that the price was set by considering a number of factors, including reactions to …

And at times that means that when GAME falls on ill fortunes – as it occassionaly has given its reliance on the up-and-down generational cycle – that the justification for a bumpy ride sounds a bit ‘dog ate my homework’. Ultimately, GAME always ends up the victim of the market, …

Video games retailer GAME has a two-pronged plan to help grow its business, CEO Ian Shepherd told MCV. The first is the slow morphing of the business into a ‘multi-channel’ one with a much stronger online business that accounts for more than just a tiny two per cent of its …

GAME has both the most envied and reviled position in the UK games industry. As the ward of the two goliath High Street games brands, it isn’t just at the coalface of games retail – it is the coalface. When a new console arrives and the industry takes off, GAME …

The man at the centre of the Minecraft phenomenon has declined job offers at Valve and Bungie, opting instead to open his own independent development studio. Swedish programmer Markus Persson, whose solo effort Minecraft is apparently returning up to $350,000, is now looking to form a new start-up venture. It’s …

One of the most recognisable and respected writers in global games journalism has confirmed that is to leave the industry as of today. Kieron Gillen is one of the founders of popular PC games site Rock Paper Shotgun. His work has also appeared on the likes of Edge, Eurogamer, PC …