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The UK publishing community has called for an official downloads sales chart, headed up by GfK-ChartTrack. An ELSPA forum took place earlier this week (Wednesday, July 29th) in which the leading publisher bosses discussed the possibility of setting up a download-only chart. Publishers feel that the true popularity of their …

Alleged Telltale Games staff member opens extraordinary criticisms on forum

Industry stalwart Chris Deering has estimated that today’s triple-A video games need to be priced at 70 – if the trade’s current release cycle for ‘blockbuster games’ is to be maintained. His comments come just two weeks after we revealed that Activision had raised the SRP of Modern Warfare 2 …

Ubisoft has added another technical requirement for those wanting to experience the upcoming James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game in its full 3D glory – an HDMI-enabled console. That’s not a problem for PS3, of course, and Wii owners aren’t getting the 3D treatment anyway.

 But it does mean that owners …

Studios â??left in the darkâ?? on sales data cannot plan accordingly, says Doublesix

Only yesterday MCV was highlighting the rising number of accessory-based titles heading to market this Q4 – and now Namco Bandai has added to the collection with new learning title Easy Piano on DS which is due for release in PAL territories this November. Published by Game Life and distributed …

Full guide to what's going on at next month's conference

Sony has joined fellow platform holder Nintendo is posting year-on-year sales declines for its financial quarter ending June 30th, with revenues in its PlayStation business down 18 per cent year-on-year. Revenues for the recently formed Network Product and Services Division, which houses both the PlayStation business and its Walkman operations, …


German city continues its ambitions to be the Hollywood of gaming with a uni Masters course

HMV CEO Simon Fox could be set to leave the retailer to become the new boss of ITV, according to reports. According to The FT, HMV shares fell more than two per cent yesterday as the City digested the news. Fox, 48, took the top job at HMV in 2006, …