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Valve’s multiplayer online zombie shooter Left 4 Dead 2 has officially passed the 2m global sales mark after just two weeks on the market, the developer has revealed. Sales of the game are already double to the total sales of its predecessor, Left 4 Dead. Additionally, Valve has confirmed that …

Trilogy Logistics has fallen into administration, MCV can reveal – with unconfirmed reports surfacing that Gem has already negotiated a double-quick buyout of the Northamptonshire firm’s assets. Trilogy has suffered from a difficult year, following the fall-cum-acquisition of exclusive publishing partner Midway. MCV revealed last week that Ubisoft had ended …

Nintendo believes it can draw new gamers to the Zelda series for the first time with upcoming DS release Spirit Tracks. The game, which hit shelves on December 11th, is being backed by Nintendo with a wide-scale TV campaign – as the firm aims to capture ‘occasional gamers’ who have …

The next Nordic Game conference is set to open on April 27-29.

Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 is being pegged as the reason behind the high-profile split of Scottish tennis star Andy Murray and former girlfriend Kim Sears. The Sun reports that Sears ended her four-year relationship with the sports pro after he spent seven hours playing Activision’s shooter on PS3. A source …

Activision Blizzard is currently touring Britain’s hottest retail locations to raise awareness of its family-orientated Christmas line-up. The publisher has been showcasing titles such as DJ Hero and Tony Hawk: Ride to a wider audience at major shopping centres every weekend since October 31st. The Activision Nationwide Shopping Tour aims …

Mobigame changes game name to Edgy â?? a title which Langdell is on record for favouring

In conjunction with the release of Winning Eleven 2010 (the Japanese name for the Pro Evolution Soccer series) for the PSP next week, Sony has pictured a branded hardware bundle that will launch alongside the game. The machine, which is the UMD-ready PSP-3000 variant of the console as opposed to …

Rumour: The man at the centre of the Silent Hill series has departed

The release of upcoming sci-fi action adventure Brink has been delayed until autumn 2010. The slip was confirmed at the end of a new gameplay video released on G4. The footage ends with the tagline Revolution Comes: Fall 2010”. Brink was announced for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC at this …