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HMV has forecast Modern Warfare 2 will become the first game to top one million week-one UK sales – taking the title as the industry’s fastest-selling software release of all time. The retailer today predicted that the games would smash previous sales records held by GTA IV – supporting publishers’ …

The Alternative Edition of Resident Evil 5 will be heading to PSN and Xbox Live Marketplace as DLC. Capcom has confirmed it has opted against a boxed product version following the results of its recent poll. Over 1500 participants voted for the content to be released as a digital download, …

Sony’s video distribution service is coming to European PS3 users early, set to launch in late November. The launch window was confirmed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and is considerably earlier than the previously given date of ‘2010′. The movies-on-demand service was announced during this year’s Gamescom. The first movies …

Electronic Arts has revealed that the vast majority of its global staff cuts will be made in its own development studios. Some 900 EA developers across numerous studios will be laid off, compared to the 500 cuts in publishing and 100 in corporate affairs. The total staff cuts are expected …

Armin Gessert – a development veteran of twenty-five years and founder of Spellbound Entertainment – passed away on Sunday Nov 8 following a heart attack. His distraught team at German studio Spellbound is leading tributes for their friend and leader, a man who founded the successful studio back in 1994. …

Electronic Arts’ ruthless culling of dead wood – if not Dead Space – will hit a new high next year: Its FY2011 (Apr 1st 2010 – Mar 31st 2011) line-up will be 50 per cent lighter than its games roster from FY2009. That’s according to CEO John Riccitiello, who told …

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The BBC has this morning across its many outlets dedicated lots of time to the release of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which went on sale around the world at midnight. Amongst other coverage there is a substantial piece on the BBC News front page and there were …

NCsoft has enjoyed a year-on-year Q3 profits jump of 836 per cent – largely thanks to the release of MMO Aion: The Tower of Eternity. YoY revenue more than doubled in the period to KRW 166.28 billion (US$144.00 million) – up 21 per cent on Q2, when the firm released …

With Konami’s PES 2010 slipping down the UK Charts with unfamiliar ease, rival publisher EA has beat its chest about the rate at which its own football offering, FIFA 10, is outselling the established Japanese franchise. Speaking after EA’s financial report, EA COO John Schappert stated: The sell through for …