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Though it wasn’t enough to prevent yet another month of declines in the US video games market in June, Microsoft Xbox 360 enjoyed some serious year-on-year gains in June thanks to the launch of the Xbox 360 S, which arrived in the UK this morning. Xbox 360 sold a total …

The US video games market suffered yet another year-on-year decline in June, with its $1.1bn worth of sales representing a six per cent year-on-year decline. The falls come despite an impressive display from Xbox 360. The launch of the slimmed down Xbox 360 S saw hardware sales surge to 451.7k …

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Develop 2010: Abertay University and Skillset handling grants drive

Famitsu’s mid-year sales report for the video games industry in Japan has revealed success for Nintendo in both the software and hardware market. For the period covering December 28th 2009 to June 27th 2010 New Super Mario Bros emerged as the best selling game, with 1.4m units shifted, bringing its …

The Video Standards Council has confirmed that the proposed changes to the UK video games age ratings system that will make PEGI legally enforceable will not now be put in place until April 1st 2011. The delay has been blamed on the fact that while the Digital Economy Act has …

Publisher Activision has announced a brand new flight sim that’s due for release on Xbox 360 and PS3 some time this autumn. Apache: Air Assault is being developed independent Russian studio Gaijin Entertainment which was the outfit behind last year’s console outing IL2-Sturmovik: Birds of Prey that was published by …

Develop 2010: Alice Taylor takes a fighting stance on quality of product over quantity of users

So what exactly is Yoostar?Yoostar is the first video game that puts you in the movies and next to the other actors. Players can create user-generated video and post it up on the respective Microsoft or Sony websites. From there, the gamer can share it with their friends, comment on …

Those super keen to get their hands on the very shiny new Xbox 360 S will get the chance to do so at midnight tonight with news that GAME and Gamestation are to open the doors to dozens of its UK stories tonight at midnight. Stock will be available to …