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Organisers hail its consumer/trade show a â??complete successâ??, Gamescom 2010 dated

Despite England’s nail-biting series victory to regain the Ashes from rivals Australia over the weekend, Codemasters’ cricket title couldn’t quite replicate the accomplishment of Andrew Strauss’ men, with Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort reclaiming the top spot in the ESLPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. Ashes 2009 actually has to settle …

Blizzard describes the editor as â??an engineâ??, allowing modders to sell maps

Do you have a pic of your sales director doing the dosey doe with Lara Croft? Perhaps your MD had his arms round a man dressed as Croc – with a face that said ‘this is definitely going to be bigger than Mario’. Or maybe the office dream of ‘Naked …

nVidia is offering consumers a free downloadable version of Batman: Arkham Asylum with some of its newest graphics cards. Consumers who purchase the GeForce GTX 260, GTX 275 or GTX 285 from participating online retailers will receive a coupon for the digital download of the PC edition of Eidos’ highly …

Our Scotland focus kicks off with a look at the region's industry

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has pledged to triple its games-related ad spend in an attempt to drive hardware sales this Christmas. Speaking during the firm’s entertainment conference last week, games manager Gurdeep Hunjan revealed Sainsbury’s games strategy for Christmas 2009 and beyond – which it believes will help it claim five …

Studio to focus on World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm, despite â??new IPâ?? rumours

Brett Close steps down after two years, Jennifer MacLean promoted to CEO

The GAME Group has opened its first Gamestation store outside of the UK, MCV can reveal. The firm has unveiled a mall-based store in Alcala de Henares in Central Spain, 20 miles East of Madrid. GAME currently owns 1,342 stores across the UK, France, Spain, Scandinavia and Australia. In the …