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High Street giant Gamestation has vowed to slash prices in its biggest Easter marketing campaign to date. New releases and Nintendo DSi is set to benefit from the promotional activity, with up to 50 per cent off recently released software. And the retailer is confident the campaign will raise the …

Centresoft has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Nordic Games. The partnership will see Centresoft handle primary and secondary distribution for all of the publisher’s products. The deal initially covers Nordic Games’ launch titles Dance Party Pop Hits, Dance Party Club Hits, Kart Racer and Truck Racer. It is great …

GfK-ChartTrack has confirmed to MCV that DSi sold 92,000 copies at UK retail over its opening weekend. Dismissing premature reports that the console sold in excess of 100,000 units in the two days, the body said that the launch put the UK High Street in prime position” for Easter next …

'We've got the industry's best benefits package,' reckons head of HR

A global business analyst at Credit Suisse has claimed that the cost of manufacturing a Wii console has dropped by 45 per cent since the system launched in 2006. Furthermore, Kotaku reports that the analyst believes these drops will pave the way for a Wii price drop later this year …

Climax has been confirmed as developing a new Silent Hill game for Konami. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will hit PS2, PSP and Wii, and is pitched as a ‘reinvention’ of the first game in the series, originally developed in Japan. Series composer Akira Yamaoka has been confirmed as working on …

After 16 months of dominance by the Wii, and even at the times the Xbox 360, in the Japanese hardware charts Sony’s PS3 has finally bettered Nintendo’s Wii in the country’s monthly hardware charts. Reuters reports that March sales of Sony’s machine hit 146,948, way ahead of Wii’s 99,335 units …

Rick Gibson looks over the rise to power of one of the industry's biggest markets

Milan event for studios to return in October

First game in iconic franchise to be revamped for Wii, PS2 and PSP by Britsoft firm