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Sony has announced that it’s sold 50 million units of its PlayStation Portable handheld. The figure includes cumulative numbers of all the PSP models released to-date, and the platform holder has also announced that total PSP software unit sales have reached 200 million. As revealed by MCV yesterday, Sony has …

As EVE Online continues its new promotional push, and prepares a free expansion and a debut boxed release, we spoke with the gameâ??s in-game economist Dr. Eyjólfur Guðmundsson.

Square Enix has delayed the Japanese release of Dragon Quest IX, causing a massive revisal of its predicted earnings. According to a report on Japanese site ITmedia, which quotes a Square Enix release, the company has discerened that a ‘severe defect’ exists in the current build of the game, and …

The next edition of Official Nintendo Magazine contains further details on the newly-announced Mario and Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games. The new Sega-published title, announced earlier today, follows on from the mega-selling original. The Wii version was the fifth best selling individual SKU of 2008, so the sequel, due …

Namco Bandai is attempting a buyout of D3, the parent company of publisher D3P. According to andriasang, the company aims to turn D3 into a full subsidiary, and the firm claims that it has already reached an agreement to acquire 70 per cent of D3 shares Namco Bandai hopes to …

Former Microsoft Game Studios executive Laura Fryer to oversee Monolith and Snowblind

Midway Games Inc. – the US arm of the global publisher – has asked the US Bankruptcy Court to protect it from creditors. The firm’s European and non-US operation remains unaffected by the decision. Midway In has filed for reorganisation under Chapter 11 with the Bankruptcy Court. In its filing, …

The pricing at Amazon’s casual gaming portal Reflexive has been causing controversy, and developers are using Casual Connect Hamburg to voice their disapproval. The service launched last Tuesday and offers a sizable range of casual games to download for $9.99 each. At Casual Connect’s Hamburg event, which concludes today, several …

The world’s biggest publishers have been forced into reducing investment in new IP – as recession-hit consumers and a crowded market strong-arm them into relying on established brands. THQ and EA have both blamed ‘unfocused’ product slates for contributing to their disappointing Q3 results – and pledged to concentrate more …