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Nintendo DS has become the biggest-selling games hardware in UK chart history, surpassing 10 million units sold, MCV can reveal. The device hit the milestone in week 47 of this year according to GfK-ChartTrack data, taking it past the record held by Sony’s PS2. UK unit sales of PS2 stand …

How does one of the world’s oldest games publishers build its reputation on the global stage and prepare for the online tidal wave that will up-end the console business? Michael French speaks to the head of Square Enix to find out… IT’S EASY BUT UNFAIR to paint publisher CEOs as …

Industry veteran blasts amateur decisions made in Whitehall

Todayâ??s Pre-Budget Report has made Canada a more attractive place for studio expansion than Britain, admits Realtime Worlds

The latest issue of US games mag Game Informer has revealed that Activision will next year release a brand new game based on the cherished kids’ franchise Transformers. While the series’ recent Hollywood rebirth has brought with it two commercially successful video games, you have to go all the way …

British studios will look abroad when expanding their business in future – after seeing hopes for a tax credit dashed by today’s Pre-Budget Report. That’s according to Realtime Worlds – one of Scotland’s foremost developers and the creator of hugely anticipated MMO APB. Chancellor Alistair Darling today failed to mention …

Frontier founder on the Governmentâ??s failure to act, and failure to care

IGN, one of the largest consumer websites in the world, has gone live with its brand new look and comprehensive site redesign. Along with the new logo, the site also boasts new functionality, a revised layout and an increased focus on localised content. Users will also find an increased amount …

With a market as disparate as video games, hard stats are always tough to come by – but EA boss John Riccitiello reckons that the global audience for gaming now stands at a massive one billion. Conservatively, if I add up mobile users that play games, social network people that …

But trade body says it is confident Government 'recognises the importance of our sector'