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We have all heard the tale by now. In its first month, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars sold a mere 90,000 units. That’s almost 2 percent of sales snagged by Grand Theft Auto IV its first week in stores. While analysts projected the title would sell as many as …

Dan Tudge leaves role as executive producer on the delayed Dragon Age: Origins, joins Turok developer Propaganda Games

With the Xbox 360 having passed the one million unit sales barrier in Japan last month, Microsoft has announced a fresh offensive for its console in the Far East. At a press conference last night, the platform holder revealed that it’s going to hand out 1m Microsoft Points to Japanese …

The UK’s leading retailer Tesco has reported record pre-tax profits of 3.13bn for the year ending February 28th 2009 – a ten per cent increase over the same period a year before. On average the supermarket saw sales in excess of 1bn every single week, with total sales for the …

Game interest group Tiga has called on the government to introduce a set of schemes in the forthcoming budget that could aid the game development sector. Speaking to MCV, Tiga CEO Richard Wilson lists several measures that he feels are needed to bolster the UK’s position as a world-leader in …

Eidos co-founder joins consortium of industry veterans to bolster the UKâ??s position as a global hub in the creative industries

Tigaâ??s Wilson says the govt is â??waking upâ?? as Brown proposes a new bank to finance to risky start-ups in the tech sector

Warner Bros Interactive has snapped up erstwhile Bastion exec Mark Ward as UK PR manager. Ward left Bastion after 13 years earlier this month. Head of games at WBIE UK Spencer Crossley said: We are delighted to have Mark on board. He brings an unrivalled wealth of PR experience to …

Sony is to ramp up its emphasis on PSP’s impressive video on demand technology next month with the launch of two new bundles concentrating on the Go!View service. Arriving on May 8th, the Go!View pack will include a black PSP-3000, 2GB Memory Stick Duo, mini USB cable and two month …

The most popular video games now outsell films and DVDs. The game Grand Theft Auto IV alone sold around six million copies in its first week on worldwide release, grossing more than $500m. Game sales are predicted to rise 12% this year to create a market worth $36bn, compared to …