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Acclaimed platformer Limbo is the best-selling Xbox Live game of the summer, Microsoft has revealed. The downloadable Xbox 360 exclusive was released as part of the Summer of Arcade promotion in July which also featured Square Enix’s Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light. Our number one Summer of Arcade …

Are you on the lookout for a man that says what he thinks and doesn’t mind risking upsetting people? Well here he is – Bobby Kotick is at it again. This time the outspoken business leader and Activision publishing CEO has stated that he’d like to start charging gamers to …

EA Bright Light speak to us about their upcoming sci-fi action game Spare Parts

This year’s Tokyo Game Show saw in its highest number of attendees yet, the event’s organiser suggests. CESA says its doors had been walked through some 207,000 times. The first business day saw 24,764 attendees, and 24,229 the next. The third day of the event, which opened up to consumers, …

New addition for the ever-growing industry association

A new report from American stat analysis group NPD suggests that the value of digital PC games market is now far greater than the boxed sector. The numbers claims that 11.2m PC games were purchased in North America between January and June 2010. In the same period just 8.2m boxed …

Sony has revealed that complete tracklist for SingStar’s upcoming foray into the dance genre, SingStar Dance, which is due out at the beginning of November. The game uses the new PlayStation Move controller to couple singing with dancing for the first time in the series. We have carefully selected everything …

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Konami and Harmonix have agreed to settle out of court after a two-year patent dispute over Rock Band. A Texas court filing said both companies had agreed to dismiss all claims and counterclaims” in the lawsuit, according to Bloomberg. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. The lawsuit was …

It’s no shock to see Microsoft’s Xbox 360 shooter Halo: Reach shoot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. The game now claims the title of biggest ever week one sales performer for Microsoft on Xbox 360. The game also becomes the …