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Best Buy’s CEO has hinted that Apple’s iPad is taking market share from laptops. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Brian Dunn said that the retailers internal estimates suggested that iPad had cannibalized sales from laptop PCs by as much as 50 per cent.” The revelations come as …

Sony has announced that the next PS3 system update will include support for 3D Blu-rays. The platform holder’s US blog revealed that firmware update 3.50 will go live on September 21, enabling consumers to watch 3D content on Blu-ray discs such as the upcoming re-release of James Cameron’s Avatar. Sony …

This week saw the launch of the slimmed-down Xbox 360 S in Japan, but figures from Media Create as reported by Spong show that the new console sold just 700 units, accounting for less than 20 per cent of total Xbox 360 hardware sales. The best selling machine of the …

Early bird rates still going for the Dundee event

CEO Brian Farrell says the publisher must protect itself from pre-owned losses

CLICK HERE FOR MCV’S FULLY UPDATED AND COMPREHENSIVE RELEASE SCHEDULE. The first major hardware launch of Q4 gives retailers plenty to celebrate this week as Sony’s PlayStation Move hits the hard drive. The platform holder has rolled out a wide range of launch titles catering for every type of consumer …

Sony has announced a raft of new hardware SKUs for the Japanese market, and chief amongst them is a 320GB version of the Classic White PS3 first announced in July. It will cost 34,980 and will launch on October 21st. Andriasang also reports that while a Candy Pink PS3 is …

Xbox Live’s Hydrophobia is the lead game in Microsoft’s latest collection of digital titles – Game Feast. Like its Summer of Arcade promotion which featured games such as Limbo and Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light, Game Feast is Microsoft’s pick of new downloadable titles in early Q4. Hydrophobia …

Tiga condemns coalition plans to â??dry upâ?? foreign talent in the UK

Sega has become the latest company to back this year’s Games Media Awards. The publisher is sponsoring the Best Writer, Print category at the event, which takes place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom on Thursday, October 14th. Senior PR manager Stefan McGarry told MCV: We’re happy to support the event as …