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Activision sold 1.23 million copies of Modern Warfare 2 in the UK on the game’s first day on release, MCV can reveal. Incredibly, that’s double the number GTA IV sold through in its first 24 hours on shelves – making MW2 by far the fastest-selling video game in UK history. …

The former chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Ken Kutaragi, has established a new company in Tokyo. A report from Japanese news group Nikkei, brought to attention in a Kotaku report, claims that the new company is called ‘Cyber AI Entertainment’. Kutaragi, widely known as the ‘father of PlayStation’, …

Microsoft has confirmed that its new Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter will be released in the UK on November 20th. The platform holder also told Eurogamer that the device will cost 59.99 – the same price as the current wi-fi adapter that has been available since the console’s launch. The …

Its offering might not yet be quite broad enough to rival some of the more established players in the market, but Microsoft’s MP3player/iPodKiller/portableXbox multimedia device Zune has taken its first tentative steps into the games market with the arrival of a number of 3D games on its digital storefront. The …

Video games distributor Discstribution has gone live with its brand new trade-only website which will allow the firm’s customers faster and more efficient access to stock and special offers. As well as games, the company also offers a range of products including DVDs, CDs, Blu-ray and various gaming accessories, as …

â??Father of PlayStationâ?? forms new business in Tokyo

Perennially popular Geordie duo Ant and Dec have helped Nintendo win a weekly marketing award from UTalkMarketing thanks to their new TV ad campaign for the Wii. The advertisement was named as this week’s UTalkMarketing People’s Choice winner having won over 1,000 of the site’s users, receiving 21 per cent …

Yet a studio handover remains possible with Vancouver focused on Max Payne 3

An admission from American composer Shawn Lee suggests that Rockstar is currently working on a sequel to free-roaming school romp Bully. Speaking to The Gaming Liberty Lee, who composed the soundtracks to both the first Bully and Sony’s The Getaway, stated: It looks like I will be doing the soundtrack …

Next on our tour of Canada, we stop at the Rainbow Six studio...