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DSi sales have leapt 40 per cent every week since Nintendo lowered the trade price last month. The drop in the handheld’s retail price to 129.99 is currently being promoted to consumers as part of a ‘Price Crash’ campaign. Since the adjustment in trade price has been passed on to …

It’s surprising to think that maybe, just maybe, the supermarkets are under pressure to impress in games. Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are the new giants in video games. All four have taken significant market share away from the specialists, and are even toying with pre-owned, digital distribution and specialist …

The war between retailers and publishers looks set to once again erupt over software pricing – with Sainsbury’s last week issuing a fierce battlecry. The supermarket chain used its entertainment conference to throw down a warning to publishers that it will not continue to swallow the cost of cutting games …

Harrisonâ??s â??rumble is so last-genâ?? rhetoric returns

Lookout should be on â??Wii 2â?? and â??Xbox 720â?? before PS4, says Sony boss

Studio says its protracted MMO project is still alive

The number of mobile phone owners who play games on their portable devices has grown by seven per cent to 34 per cent in the last 12 months in North America, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. MSNBC reports that 38 …

Sony was told back in 2008 that Insomniac Games wanted to break away from the platform holder, the company has revealed. Now two years later, and a few weeks after EA’s deal with Insomniac went public, a high-profile Sony executive tells Develop he was personally saddened by the studio’s switch. …

The newly-launched Indie Fund is hunting for submissions

Sony announced a range of new Cyber-shot compact cameras which it claims are the first that can capture panoramic shots in 3D. The new Cyber-shot cameras don’t have two sensors, as one might expect of a 3D camera, but rather capture several images as the photographer moves the camera position …