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With every machine aside from Sony’s PS3 currently facing year-on-year sales losses, Nintendo has claimed a surprising reason for the decline the handheld market – recent releases for the Wii. Whilst Nintendo DS sales in Europe were lower than the previous year, Nintendo’s share in the handheld market has not …

It’s got a great chance of being one of the biggest releases on 2010, so perhaps it’s no surprise that two High Street retailers are focusing very heavily on Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy 2 ahead of its UK release on Friday. HMV is offering the game for just 4.99 for …

EA is wary of a Konami comeback as FIFA and PES go head-to-head again this October. Last year’s FIFA 10 was a watershed moment for the franchise as it received the critical plaudits ahead of its rival, Pro Evolution Soccer. Although FIFA has always been a commercial smash hit, Konami’s …

Telltale Games working on episodic time travel series for all formats

Ahead of England’s World Cup opener against the USA this Saturday, official tournament partner EA is offering fans the chance to taunt our American opponents directly via a rather bizarre marketing scheme. England followers are invited to send their ‘rallying cries’ (EA’s codename for ‘messages of abuse’) via Twitter to …

3D is expected to play a big part at next week’s E3 expo in LA, but one senior video games exec has warned publishers not be too hasty in their effort to jump aboard the 3D bandwagon. I am a little nervous that some game companies will put out poorly …

Studio to break seven streak of Guitar Hero projects

As well as confirming the Red Dead series’ status as one of the modern games industry’s big-hitters, publisher Take Two has also updated investors on the latest sales successes of its other blockbuster IP. 2008 release Grand Theft Auto IV has now sold over 17m copies worldwide, meaning that in …

Endless LLP has acquired Webb Group – the online specialists that runs ChoicesUK. Choices UK is a supplier of games, music, DVD and other entertainment products. Its clients include Co-op, Spar, Wilkinsons, Currys, Littlewoods and Next. It claims to be the leading supplier for convenience and catalogue retailers. The firm …

Such was the praise heaped on last year’s version that FIFA 11 has got its work cut out trying to better it – but if nothing else EA can be assured of another storming chart success this autumn when the new title hits retail. Its headline improvement is the reinvention …