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Sixth annual event set for Utrecht Congress Center on June 3

Crysis 2 will be released some time between October and December this year, EA has announced. Crytek’s console FPS isn’t the only title to get dated, either. Other games on the way in the final quarter of the year include Dead Space 2, Criterion’s first entry in the Need for …

Platform to be used in developing content for Lego website

Ubisoft has at last officially confirmed what many suspected – that a new Ghost Recon title will be released this Christmas. It will be called Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and is being developed by the same team that made Advanced Warfighter 2. The game will, according to Ubisoft, go beyond …

Shares fall after the publisher shows $82 million loss

Sales of EA’s FIFA 10 are nearing the 10m sales mark, the publisher has confirmed. As of the end of December, total sales of the game totalled 9.7m units since its release last October – success that EA boss John Riccitiello pins on the overwhelmingly positive critical reception the title …

Global publisher looks to heightened profitability via focused internal projects

MCV’s vital weekly retail digest, RetailBiz, is available to view online and download now. Star Trek Online has debuted at the top of the PC charts, dethroning Mass Effect 2. The Cryptic-developed Atari MMORPG knocked BioWare’s sequel down to No.3, as well as fending off the newest entry from the …

EA has as part of its latest financial report confirmed that massive PC hit The Sims 3 will be heading to consoles this Christmas. To read the full story, follow the link to CasualGaming.biz.

Microsoft's European dev account manager looks forward to the Xbox event