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Nintendo has announced than five of its titles have surpassed 20 million since the launch of both the Wii and DS. Wii Play has sold the most, with a staggering 27.38 million sales under its belt, according to Kotaku. The combined SKUs of DS title Nintendogs is closest competitor, with …

Trade association CEO Richard Wilson remains optimistic for industry tax breaks after uncertain election

The UK games industry’s biggest supporters in Parliament held their seats in last night’s election. Labour’s Tom Watson retained his seat for West Bromwich East, despite suffering a nine per cent dip in support. Conservative Ed Vaizey remained MP for Wantage with a 9 per cent vote rise, while Lib …

Bobby Kotick has declared that Bungie’s first game to be published by Activision Blizzard will be unlike anything audiences have ever seen before”. While the Activision president gave no new details on the title, he did suggest that it would be the Halo developer’s first multi-format release since it was …

The 2010 edition of the Develop 100 has named Nintendo as the most successful games developer in the world. Put together by our sister magazine Develop and published in association with Deep Silver, the Develop 100 ranks the top studios in the world based on the sales of their games …

After posting a rise in profit, Activision has confirmed that Guitar Hero 6 will be released this autumn followed by DJ Hero 2. The announcements come alongside the publisher’s new plans to cut the amount of music games in the future, emphasising fewer titles with greater quality. In a conference …

Bethesda believes Fallout: New Vegas can top the phenomenal success of its 2008 predecessor, Fallout 3. The new game, developed by Obsidian Entertainment, is due for release in Q4. Fallout 3 debuted at No.1 in the ELSPA/GfK Chart-Track All Formats charts and managed to shift 4.7m copies worldwide in its …

Watson, Foster and Vaizey retain places in hung parliament

Activision has confirmed that Infinity Ward will definitely be working on a new Call Of Duty title. During the publisher’s latest financial call to investors, Activision president Bobby Kotick said that despite the recent drama, Infinity Ward remains an important process” to the Call Of Duty brand, according to VG247. …

Darrell Rodriguez leaves studio with several members of his executive team