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I read with interest your cover story last week (‘Can recession end price war?’ MCV 24/7). It was an interesting take on things, and appears to make sense: as games retailers’ margins become more and more squeezed, and Argos leads the way by putting up its prices, many more of …

Following its recent financial posting, publisher EA has confirmed that The Sims 3, which was released in June, has now sold 3.7m copies worldwide, becoming the company’s top selling title in both North America and Europe for the three months ending June 30th. CasualGaming.biz has the full story – click …

Sega’s upcoming FPS Aliens Vs. Predator will arrive in Europe in February next year. As spotted by VG247, the game’s date has appeared on Sega’s official website, and will ship simultaneously on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Aliens Vs. Predator is developed by Rebellion and invites gamers to play as …

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days will be released in the UK on October 9th. The title is the first DS instalment in the long-running RPG series that combines the locations and characters of Final Fantasy and Disney, which has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. 358/2 Days explores the story …

Japanese firm wants to harness reduced labour costs for production

Electronic Arts has seen both its losses increase and its revenue fall for its fiscal Q1 ending June 30th 2009, with boss John Riccitiello admitting that the video games market has proved weaker than expected. Losses for the period climbed from $95m in the same period in 2008 to $234m …

Potential ruling against violent games would drive out its biggest home-grown talent

Revenues drop from $804m to $664m, losses climb to $234m

As the Liverpool-based developer states that it â??will not step awayâ?? from the racing genre

Bizarre Creations' Chris Pickford discusses his team's new racer