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Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed that last week’s new release Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty sold over 1m copies worldwide in its first 24 hours of availability. The numbers have already cemented its position as the best selling game of 2010. Furthermore, it went on to sell in excess of …

MGS Europe boss says the indie scene is two triple-A games away from revolution

A brand new MMO based on the still lucrative Transformers IP is apparently in development at Chinese studio NetDragon. Kotaku reports that the title has been officially sanctioned by Hasbro and in pencilled in for an initial release in China, key Asian territories, Russia, the Middle East and North Africa. …

Company president explains the need for secrecy in building the next Nintendo console

Microsoft has confirmed that it has delayed the PC version of upcoming RPG sequel Fable III on PC. Speaking to IGN, the platform holder stated: The console and PC versions are now on different schedules as we’re focusing on building experiences optimized for each platform. We aren’t announcing a ship …

A new study entitled ‘The D2 Report: Discs & Digital – The Business of Home Entertainment Retailing’ from the Entertainment Merchants Association claims that traditional boxed product still accounts for the vast bulk of sales in the video games market. It claims that combined DVD and Blu-ray sales totalled $17.9bn …

Some titles may be unconventional, but publisherâ??s games will 'help emerging technologies show potential'

Nintendo interested in the tech, but unlikely to replicate the OnLive model

After what the LA Times describes as a brawl” between Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick and Californian lawyer Patricia Glaser, the outspoken games executive has emerged on the losing side of a three-year court battle. In 2007 a flight attendant named Cynthia Madvig filed a lawsuit in the LA County …

Prized studio explains the steps it took to craft Uncharted 2â??s drama