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Nintendo has unveiled a string of new titles for the Wii and DS due to hit retail between spring and summer. – Japan’s critically acclaimed Daigasso! Band Bros DS music game will finally hit UK stores on May 21st, six years after its original release. It will be renamed Jam …

Studio director at EA-owned Pet Society developer says traditional IP will pour into social networks

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Pascal Langdaleâ??s Motives in Movement enters mo-cap film industry

Click here to access the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, where you’ll find the definitive guide to some of the hottest titles due to hit shelves over the next few weeks. This week, we saddle up with Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption, the upcoming blockbuster that invites gamers to explore the Old …

New downloadable content for Konami’s PES 2010 has gone live, giving owners of the game updated footballers and stats. Konami has revised team rosters to reflect recent transfers from players in real life. The DLC also includes the official match ball of this year’s UEFA Champions League final and Lionel …

Fresh rumours suggest the movie adaptation of Microsoft’s hugely popular Gears Of War has suffered severe setbacks. Insiders from New Line Cinema, the Hollywood studio handling the project, claim that the story and budget have been scaled back and director Len Wiseman has pulled out from the film’s production, according …

The chances of recently released MMO Star Trek Online making the expected trip to consoles have been drastically cut following Cryptic Studios’ admission that its console project is currently on the back burner”. The announcement paints an even bleaker picture for consoles MMOs and follows the confirmation that Cryptic’s superhero …

Korean firm Entwell is latest to use Gamebryo and Gamebryo Lightspeed

It looks like the 1200 Microsoft Point gamble paid off. Activision’s first piece of DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, dubbed the Stimulus Package, has netted around 25m since it was released Microsoft has announced that the DLC has been downloaded from Xbox Live over 2.5m times since …