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Special offer caused sales spike, now indie says more devs should experiment with digital pricing

Prosumer engine chosen for its web player functionality

Publishers have thrown their weight behind the second Eurogamer Expo, which hits Leeds and London this month. The consumer show debuted in 2008, and this year the organisers have secured support from EA, Bethesda, Sega, Sony, Ubisoft, Nintendo, Konami, Capcom and others. Last year’s Expo satisfied the needs of core …

Voice work must be more than a post-production process

Growing online retailer The Hut has hired a new marketing manager for its games category. Sarah Jasper joins the firm after working as brand marketing manager on the Play.com-sponsored Take That tour. She has also previously worked for Sony Vaio and BMW. In addition, she joins MCV’s Retail Advisory Board …

Nintendo has confirmed it will launch a limited edition black Wii in the UK and Ireland on Friday, November 6th. The console will hit mainland Europe two weeks later on November 20th. Nintendo senior product manager for Wii Rob Lowe told MCV: Nintendo has always taken the European market seriously …

The mighty DS once again emerged as the best selling console in North America for the month of September, but the numbers gave each platform holder a chance to celebrate. DS was the best selling machine for the sixth month on the trot with sales of 524k, though this was …

Even Nintendo’s perennially popular offerings were not enough to challenge Halo 3: ODST’s dominance in the North American September software battle, with Microsoft’s shooter drastically out performing all of its rivals. NPD reports that Bungie’s Master Chief-free FPS shifted 1.5m units in the period, way ahead of its closest rival …

UK Music's Feargal Sharkey to join Blitz and Positech on piracy panel

Star Trek Online will arrive between January and March 2010, Cryptic has told Videogamer. The upcoming MMORPG combines space combat with on-foot battle, and is getting positive previews from the press. Executive producer Craig Zinkievich told Videogamer: "Without giving you the date, which I’m not allowed to give out or …