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Sales of music games ARE falling – regardless of what MTV Games might think, says Guitar Hero developer Neversoft. MTV told MCV in May that, despite widespread reports, music game sales increased last year and it was just the peripherals that suffered year-on-year declines. But Neversoft says this isn’t true …

Malcolm Sparrow takes a long hard look at a life in the industry, and tries to decide if it is all really worthwhile...

E3 organiser ESA was delighted by this year’s expo after seeing a sharp increase in international attendance. Exhibitors demanded that ESA attracted more foreign visitors for E3 2010, and the trade body says it has been successful, with a 30 per cent increase in overseas attendees. The company was also …

Almost a year on from the supposed shutdown of former bittorrent search giant The Pirate Bay, the site has been thrown an unlikely lifeline that could see its long-term future safeguarded. The site has long been a poster child for Swedish political body The Pirate Party, and now the group …

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SCE studio boss confirms work is underway on 'future platform related activities'

Though developers are currently clamouring to ensure that the 3D elements of their first 3DS titles are as impressive as possible, it turns out that turning off the effect altogether might be an even more appealing option. A tech analysis of the new hardware on IGN claims that turning off …

Master agreement sees NaturalMotion tech applied to Bodycount and beyond

A closer look at last week’s NPD results for the North American video games market courtesy of Gamasutra has revealed that Activision’s brand new racing IP Blur sold just 31,000 units across Xbox 360 and PS3 in its first five days on the market. Other games that performed less well …

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