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In stark contrast to the huge fanfare that pre-empts the release of any console-bound Grand Theft Auto title, Rockstar has quietly and with absolutely no public fuss released its GTA: Chinatown Wars onto Apple’s App Store. The game, which works on both iPhone and iPod Touch, was originally developed and …

Platform holder Microsoft has clarified a statement that it released earlier today that appeared to claim that Xbox 360 sold 10m units in the US in 2009 – a number that didn’t correspond with official NPD figures. In 2009, Xbox 360 console sales topped 10m units globally,” Microsoft has now …

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Several online retailers have listed the upcoming Nintendo DSi XL for a price point of around 150. Leading e-tailers are already taking pre-orders for the handheld with GAME and Amazon charging 149.99. HMV and Play.com have both undercut the competition with prices of 149.94 and 195.95 respectively. The consensus seems …

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Modern Warfare 2 may have been the biggest game of December, but publisher Activision still slipped behind Nintendo, EA and Ubisoft in terms of software units sold in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack December Charts.

 Wii titles controlled almost a third of the market in terms of unit sales in December, with …

A man who imported over 26,500 R4 DS piracy cards has been given 12 months in prison. Yun Can Meng pleaded guilty to charges of bringing in thousands of the flash devices through Heathrow and Nottingham East Midlands Airport, and selling them on. He committed the offences between June 2008 …

December 2009 wasn’t all about Modern Warfare 2, with Nintendo, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts also enjoying huge sales during the festive period. MCV takes a closer look… SOFTWARE MARKET SHARE BY COMPANY – units (last month in brackets) 1 (2) NINTENDO – 18.7%2 (3) EA – 14.0%3 (4) UBISOFT – 12.4%4 …

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Yet by Nintendo’s reckoning there’s still life in the old DS yet. It’s hard to disagree. It was the UK’s best selling games hardware in 2009 – accounting for a massive wedge of the 2.7m handhelds sold in total. With Nintendo readying both bigger and better hardware now on a …