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Following its recent financial report and the announcement of a fresh spate of store closures, one analyst has issued a worrying outlook for the potential prosperity for the chain. The company’s current trading performance was worse than expected,” Janco Partners’ Mike Hickey stated. The departure of key executives from the …

Sales of digitally downloaded games on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade in the US reached a record high of $10.6m last month, finishing ahead of February’s $6.8m. This caused a 41 per cent year-on-year sales increase, according to a report by Forecasting and Analysing Digital Entertainment (FADE). Topping the sales was …

The Sims 3 will be the latest title to penalise those who buy the pre-owned version of the game when it arrives on Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year. Those hoping to use the new Facebook functionality that allows players to share achievements and other in-game features with friends …

Dragon Age art team and former EA CTO to hold talks at the Vancouver event

Sony has lifted the lid on another new feature coming to PS3 hit SingStar as part of its June update – SingStar Remote. The new functionality will allow those with both a PS3 and PSP to connect both machines and use the portable device to create a playlist of up …

The latest iteration of Sony’s PS3 Slim, the CECH-2100A, houses a rebuilt RSX chip that cuts both the power consumption and the likelihood of failure for the console. As has been previously reported, the CECH-2100A is 200g lighter than the generation one PS3 Slim. PlayStation University adds that the new …

Senior software engineer Chris Lambert and designer Brent McLeod have joined Respawn Entertainment. Having been part of the recent Infinity Ward exodus, the pair made the announcement of their new jobs on their LinkedIn profiles. Develop has full coverage.

Dialogue production, recording and localisation firm becomes newest member of trade association

Texas-based event to include new topics relating to online markets

Bodycount creator claims â??quality is in the hands of the developerâ??