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(*I mean the reactions with value, of course, not snide passive-aggressive and near-libelous tweets about kick-backs, lies, brown envelopes and whatever. That’s just being silly and bitter.) Anyway, it’s all fair provided it’s done appreciating this context: – Firstly, as we have pointed out regularly in this piece, these are …

US analyst Michael Pachter claims that US retailer GameStop has yet to experience any dent to its pre-owned sales in spite of a considerable increase in the number of publishers charging second hand buyers an additional fee to access certain content. The company has not seen a negative impact on …

Microsoft’s mixed message over its ambitions to market the Kinect motion cameras to the traditional hardcore Xbox 360 audience continues. I believe a large slug of the core community will love Kinect for 360,” European VP for Xbox 360 interactive business Chris Lewis told Eurogamer. They’ll love the navigating round …

Publisher EA is so confident about the quality of its upcoming shooter Crysis 2 that it has already declared that the game wills gain a 90 per cent plus review average with critics. It’s going to be another 90 rated game from Crytek,” EA Partners boss David DeMartini told Eurogamer. …

Begbies Traynor, the acting administrator for stricken Dundee studio Realtime Worlds, has announced that 23 members of the 60-strong team that had been working on recently-announced RTW title ‘Project MyWorld’ have been offered their jobs back. As a smaller entity MyWorld is attracting considerable interest from potential buyers and 23 …

A report entitled ‘Kids and Games: What Boys and Girls are Playing Today’ by M2 Research claims that 93 per cent of girls aged 8-11 play online games. For boys the number is 91 per cent. It adds that while Nintendo still dominates the portable games space, the growing popularity …

APB team informed of fate via microphone, claims source

Mobile games publisher Gameloft has announced that it is to release a PSP version of its popular mobile FPS NOVA. That game received a warm reception from critics on iPhone and iPad and has been a consistent performer in the download charts. Android and Palm Pre versions are also available. …

Hetherington and Jones seek to take back title post-RTW meltdown

Square Enix has announced a number of promotions open to existing players of current MMO Final Fantasy XI who wish to delve into the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV. Those with an active account for FFXI are eligible for a 3.99 discount to the monthly subscription to FFXIV, bringing the price …