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Nintendo has chosen to play new mini-game collection Wii Party with the WiiMote. The platform holder applied the same strategy with launch title Wii Play – and it seemingly paid off, with Wii Play being crowned earlier this year as the best ever selling game in North America. Though some …

One the biggest video games success stories of the year could be getting the Hollywood treatment with none other than A-list actor Brad Pitt in the leading role. Rockstar’s Wild West sequel stormed the global video games charts in May, shooting straight to No.1 in the UK and netting a …

Publisher Namco Bandai has announced that European retail is to receive an exclusive Collector’s Edition of its anticipated action title Enslaved. The SKU will include special packaging, a development-focused artbook and a CD soundtrack written and produced by renowned composer Nitin Sawhney. The game is written by famed writer Alex …

A Deloitte survey has found that just 2 per cent of British consumers are planning to buy a 3D-enabled TV set in the next year. The report was conducted by YouGov for Deloitte and surveyed over 4,1990 Britons on their attitude to 3D television fiound that just 89 thought it …

Freestylegamesâ?? boss recalls the studioâ??s darkest hour

Big-box American retailer Best Buy is to roll out its pre-owned games offer to 600 stores across the US this Sunday (August 29th), it has confirmed. The retailer signalled its intention to make the move in June. To begin with consumers will be able to trade-in their titles for in-store …

Following predictions earlier this month, Blockbuster has apparently informed a number of its key partners that it will be entering into a pre-planned bankruptcy” agreement in mind-September. LA Times reports that the retailer’s chief executive Jim Keyes flew to LA last week to meet representatives from studios such as 20th …

The UK games industry faced a textbook media storm in a teacup on Monday when for all of about four minutes it looked like the Government wanted to ban the new Medal of Honor. It doesn’t, of course. Angry comments published overnight about the game’s Taliban content by Defence Secretary …

Art Academy is a sell out. A number of High Street chains have told MCV they have no more copies of the game left. GAME is among the video game retailers that have been hit by the shortages and are waiting for a new batch of stock to arrive. Nintendo’s …

Ubisoft has axed nearly forty staff at its Red Storm studio, the publisher has confirmed. The group insists those affected by the cuts have the opportunity to consider positions in other Ubisoft studios” – though it appears that North Carolina-based Red Storm is the only Ubisoft studio in the US. …