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A new report from Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment has estimated that Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade service has to date in 2010 made something in the region of $46.1m, a number that if true represents a 13 per cent year-on-year increase. The study also estimates that the digital portal will …

Metalocalypse: Dethgame chopped by Adult Swim

Chipsworld ltd has entered liquidation, the company has told MCV. All 12 company-owned stores have been closed and 29 employees made redundant. The retailer said in a statement that it has struggled in the face of ‘the credit crunch, mounting unpaid debts and the recession.’ However, it’s not all over …

Japanese publisher Capcom has reported income of YEN 216m for the quarter ending June 30th 2010 – a 94.8 per cent drop on the same period in 2009. Net income for the period fell 72.6 per cent year-on-year to just over YEN 1 trillion. Net sales fell 2.4 per cent …

New Football Manager Online title co-built by Korean group

Dundee-based developer Realtime Worlds has lifted the lid on its next game – and it’s certainly a radical departure from its previous work. The developer is best known for its 2007 Xbox 360 hit Crackdown and more recently for PC outing APB, though the latter has so far failed to …

System 3 will launch its new digital games strategy with what it says is the first triple-A PSN-only release this September. Ferrari: The Race Experience will be the publisher’s first premium download-only title on PS3. It’s the sequel to 2008’s Ferrari Challenge and 2009’s SuperCar Challenge. This launch will mark …

Fiasco as fans are taunted with advert for completely unrelated game

Famed film maestro making â??technically and narratively very interestingâ?? games

The Japanese arm of news agency Bloomberg is reporting that Nintendo will announce a price and release date for the 3DS on September 29th, a couple of weeks after the Tokyo Game Show. The confirmation, spotted by VG247, apparently came via a phone conversation between Bloomberg and Nintendo spokesperson Hiroshi …