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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has added another notable notch to its bedpost with news that it is now the second best selling game ever in the UK video games market. In doing so Activision’s title overtakes the total UK lifetime sales of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, …

Post-release digital support titles is very much the trend nowadays and is proving a popular means of monetising new games, but EA sees its ongoing support for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as serving another purpose – toppling Modern Warfare 2. The game is such a quality package with a best-in-class …

Resistance dev heard discussing cross-platform software at GDC

Should it be ruled that DLC can only be built after a gameâ??s release?

The mounting pressure on retail has been turned up another notch with news that THQ is planning up to six download-only titles within the next 12 months, some of which will be based on its highest-profile IPs. The publisher’s VP of core games Danny Bilson told Joystiq that THQ’s plans …

PSP disc format backed for future dev opportunities

Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic has been recalled in Germany, due to offending World War 2-related imagery. Ubisoft has pulled the collector’s edition of the PC submarine war simulator, which features swastikas in its bonus content. The normal version of the game remains on sale. It is against …

Sony has claimed that its troubled UMD format is still going strong, and that it has no plans to drop the format in the foreseeable future. During a session at last week’s GDC, the platform holder insisted that UMD is alive and well” as a format and reiterated that all …

Dundee studio take John Logie Baird Award

Publisher Activision has one again braved the wrath of gamers by announcing that the upcoming Xbox 360 DLC map-pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will cost a considerable 1200 Microsoft Points. That works out at about 10.20 in real money. 1200 MSP is generally (with one or two …