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Readers of Imagine Publishing’s X360 magazine have increased period-on-period for the six months ending June 30 2009. For the six months ending December 2008 the magazine enjoyed a circulation of 26,068, which has now risen 0.1 per cent to 26,092. This is all the more remarkable when you consider sales …

July proved another tough month for video games retailers in North America, with the overall value of the market declining 29 per cent year-on-year with a total value of $1.19bn. Hardware sales were hardest hit, falling 37 per cent to $281m. Software sales also declined – a 26 per cent …

LightSpeed users can now download Mixamo's customisable animation models

And itâ??s all because of the ZeniMax acquisition, says John Carmack

Early-bird registration open as MIGS prepares keynotes from Valve, Square Enix, Maxis and more

Army of Two: The 40th Day, EA’s follow-up to its surprise 2008 next-gen hit, will no longer be released this year and will instead join the growing number of titles hitting retail in the first quarter of 2010. The game sees original protagonists Salem and Rios venture to Shanghai and …

Start-up devs can enter the Game Connection Europe contest for free

As the fifth annual Montreal International Games Summit fast approaches, event organiser Alliance Numrique has opened early bird registrations for the show. The event, set to launch from November 16-17, will see key speaker sessions from companies such as Maxis, Valve, Square Enix and Media Molecule. Early-bird registration discounts could …

The publisher is confident the Andersson brothers will find their feet

EA Sports has finally solved the dilemma of how to appeal to the female market. That was according to label boss Peter Moore this morning, speaking to delegates at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival. Discussing the reinvention of EA Sports since his arrival in 2007, Moore said that the firm had …