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As predicted last month, after a prolonged period of uncertainty US rental firm Blockbuster has finally filed for bankruptcy protection. The BBC reports that the agreement it has struck with creditors will see its debts effectively cut from $1bn to around $100m. Its 3,000 US stores will continue trading while …

£250,000 state-of-the-art facility officially opened next week

Of course we’ve been here before. Red Dead Redemption, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction. Brief moments of success in 2010 followed by weeks of decline. But this time it’s different, right? Yes, is the answer. For a start games are actually coming out that can continue the momentum …

We love a good old fight in the games industry. After all, the core mechanic in most games is competition, friendly or otherwise. So to hear EA finally place down its spoonful of humble pie, and plainly acknowledge that, no, it won’t let Call of Duty lead the pack is …

PlayStation Move got off to a flying start when it launched last week, but Sony says there’s much more to come from the motion controller. The firm expects sales to pick up as we head towards Christmas, with a string of high profile games still to arrive from the platform …

The Dead Rising downloadable game has the same marketing impact as a big budget TV ad campaign, says Capcom. Case Zero was released earlier this month for 400 Microsoft Points and has been downloaded half a million times in just two weeks. The game acts as a prequel to Dead …

Rumours claim that jobs go as Molyneuxâ??s Kinect experiment is replaced

One of Sony’s key Q4 releases for PS3 has seen its release date slip until the New Year. Developer Media Molecule says that the decision has been made to allow it extra time to ensure its vision of the game, which allows users to create their own titles using its …

The blockbuster arrival of the latest Halo put the UK games market back on track. The 360 exclusive helped retailers make over 28m in sales. It was the best week for games retail all year, and a far cry from the week prior, when the UK market value plummeted to …