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Microsoft has stated that it is looking to address problems with some copies of Halo Reach that are preventing some gamers from playing the game. A number of consumers have claimed that their Xbox 360 consoles are unable to read the game disc. An isolated report on Maxconsole even went …

Japanese Mobage Town company expands presence in American territory

MCV can reveal that 300,000 copies of Microsoft’s Halo Reach were sold in the game’s first 24 hours on sale in the UK. This already puts Halo Reach at number ten in the all-time UK weekly sales league table, leaving it in prime position to climb the listings through to …

Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show press event has finally delivered what all the pre-release hype until now has failed to – a range of upcoming titles that will very much place Kinect at the centre of the hardcore games sector. In total five new games were revealed, including both exciting looking …

Nicholas Francis on Unity's future plans in an evolving industry

Buyers of the DJ Hero 2 game and deck bundles will get a copy of the original DJ Hero included in the box. Activision has placed a magazine ad that states a free copy of DJ Hero will be included with every purchase of a DJ Hero 2 bundle until …

One of the fastest growing kids’ sites in the world is plotting a move into video games publishing and development. Moshi Monsters, the virtual pet online hub run by Mind Candy, is growing its brands across a mix of media – with expansion onto DS and 3DS the culmination of …

It has been a difficult period for the UK games market. Toys R Us, Argos and HMV have all blamed the ‘weak’ games sector for a tough summer of sales, while last week the UK games market suffered its worst seven days of sales since May 2006 – before the …

With both the Xbox 360 and PS3 having undergone physical redesigns in the last year, a study by Gamasutra claims that while both have seen an uplift in sales it’s Xbox 360 that has benefited the most. In its first three months of availability the PS3 Slim saw year-on-year sales …

Online pioneer plans to grow hugely popular online world - but not through a publisher deal