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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 managed to buck trends in March by becoming the only console to enjoy a year-on-year sales boost. The Xbox 360 sold 330,000 units across North America in March; a figure which Microsoft was pleased to explain accounted for a 25 per cent year-on-year sales increase. The system’s …

The North American video game market has been dealt a heavy yet expected blow as the latest NPD figures show year-on-year declines for March. The US market generated a total of $1.43bn in March; a significant 17 per cent fall from the same period last year, and a slight trim …

Publisher bats eyelids and says it has saved 7 Studios in 'difficult economic times'

Teams from all over the industry will battle it out once again in this summer’s games industry five-a-side tournament. The Xbox 360 Gamesfives will take place at Barnet Powerleague in North London on Friday June 12th. Entry to the tournament is free, plus there is a free bar and a …

EA has released pricing details for The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundle, which will retail for 179 upon its release on September 9th in the UK. The European price will be €199 and the North American price $249.00. For the money gamers will get a copy of the …

2009 has proved to be a testing time for Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia, with the telecoms specialist reporting a 90 per cent fall in profits for Q1 2009. Net profits reached €122m, heavily down on the €1.2bn in the same period in 2008. Sales were also down, dropping 27 …

The CEO of US retail giant Gamestop has said that Nintendo has asked him to save shelf space this Christmas – for a major new key property”. Dan DeMatteo told CNBC: "We think there will be a Nintendo key property coming out by the end of the year. They haven’t …

Ahead of the release of its upcoming quarterly report, publisher Activision Blizzard has said that net revenues are likely to be in excess of the $860m it had previously predicted. As a result, it now forecasts net revenues of $4.2bn for the full fiscal year. Global consumer response to the …

Acquisition sparks lawsuit over publisherâ??s DJ Hero game

Children’s electronics specialist LeapFrog has launched the first of what is expected to be many edutainment titles for Apple’s iPhone, marking its first foray into the mainstream games market. Click here to read the full story on CasualGaming.biz.