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It might have enjoyed some eye-watering user numbers in its first week of release, but the hyped Halo Reach beta has failed to topple FPS favourite Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and, perhaps more surprisingly, Halo ODST from the top of the Xbox Live Online Play listings. By default …

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Facial animation studio signs-up to trade associationâ??s ranks

Elliot Martin, producer of the upcoming Move-ready SOCOM title, has told Develop he believes the new peripheral will bring about huge change” to the shooter genre. With the Move controller what it allows us to do with SOCOM is have the player basically point at enemies on screen with Move …

Upcoming brawler UFC Undisputed 2010 will exceed sales numbers of its predecessor, THQ reckons. UFC 2009 was a surprise hit at retail last year, taking the Chart-Track All Formats No.1, and has shipped more than 3.5m copies worldwide. The sales numbers don’t lie,” said THQ’s producer of UFC 2010 Neven …

Having enjoyed a record-breaking start to its life in the UK, it is now being claimed that retailer Best Buy is to launch an official in-store games magazine across its chain of North American stores. The claims come from the Facebook account of Andy Eddy, as spotted by The Game …

Sony’s PlayStation 3 will no longer be pigeonholed a hardcore-only console, according one of the first developers building a game for the system’s new Move motion controller.Jon Torrens, designer on the upcoming Move-based title TV Superstars, joined a group of Move developers who recently spoke to Develop about their intentions …

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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected complaints about a Sony advert for recent PS3 hit Heavy Rain. The BBC reports that the objections stemmed from the depiction of a level in the game where two-sided detective Scott Shelby intervenes (or not, depending on the choices made by the player) …

UPDATE:Statement from Future added below at 12.33, May 12th Robert Price is to leave Future Publishing, according to a video industry trade report. According to Cue Entertainment, the CEO of the firm – responsible for a host of specialist magazines and websites – will soon become the UK MD of …