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Koch Media has announced it has picked up the distribution rights for S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat. Under its new partnership with the game’s publisher bitComposer Games, Koch will handle the game in the UK, Nordic and Italian markets. After the distribution success we saw with S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky, we are …

Sony Europe has confirmed to VG247 that the Collector’s Edition of PS3-exclusive title Heavy Rain will be available exclusively through HMV. A listing for the SKU appeared on the HMV website earlier today, priced at just 40. Included will be a voucher for the game’s first DLC offering, a copy …

Ruffian co-founder Billy Thomson hails Rocksteadyâ??s breakthrough Batman title

We hear lots about the success Nintendo has enjoyed in the emerging casual games sector, but new statistics about the North American PSP audience suggest that Sony has achieved great things in the female sector. Edge reports that 52 per cent of US PSP owners are female. This compares to …

Japanese publisher Capcom believes that future growth in the current generation of consoles will be focused on the Xbox 360 and PS3, stating that it intends to pump fewer resources into development of Wii titles. The decision follows poor sales of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles on Nintendo’s console. The …

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Capcom France’s Antoine Seux has declared Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles to be a disappointment” after it failed to meet sales expectations. Speaking to Gamekult (translated by Nintendo Everything), he attributed the game’s poor performance – 16,000 units in three weeks – to the lack of hardcore gamers within the …