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Wii Fit is this week enjoying its fourth straight week at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, taking its total tally of number ones to 13. In capturing the crown yet again it successfully fends off Atari’s The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena, which …

What has led Majesco to go direct?We’ve got the best ever line-up of games in our current portfolio in terms of breadth, quality and potential. We felt it was time for us to be completely responsible for those from day one – I think 100 per cent focus is the …

Microsoft’s European marketing boss for Xbox has questioned the continued concentration on Q4 and Christmas by publishers. David Gosen told MCV that he was concerned by the seasonality” of the UK trade – and called on suppliers to take more risks when choosing release dates for major titles. We still …

Japanese publisher Konami has reportedly decided to backtrack on plans to publish Atomic Games’ Iraq-based console FPS Six Days in Fallujah, Asahi reports. Konami announced a deal to bring the game to North America earlier this month, but merely hours after the news broke questions were already being asked about …

Publisher no longer associated with contentious Iraqi War title following sustained public outcry

Maryland-based group Bethesda Softworks has been cited as the new publisher of A2M’s forgotten acrobatic shooter, Wet. Wet – still in development at A2M’s offices in Canada – was one of numerous titles thought to have fallen victim to the Vivendi-Activision merger. Having lost its publisher for nearly a year, …

Japanese giant targets swift return on UK investment

Social networking giant set to announce new measures that will give developers unprecedented levels of data

A2Mâ??s acrobatic action title, dropped during the Activision-Blizzard merger, may have a new publisher behind it

Gamesaid organisers have thanked attendees at this year’s MCV Awards for their excellent support of a fund-raising raffle. A total of 1,325 was raised on the night and it is hoped that people will now feel encouraged to add Gamesaid ideas to their own industry events going forward. The raffle …