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Despite not yet being officially announced, Activision’s DJ Hero has received another official nod today after seemingly being announced by a newsletter from Dutch trance star DJ Tiesto. It seems that Tiesto will lend his name and music to a DJ Hero spin-off, which is most likely to take the …

With the global commerce sector preparing for what could potentially be a lacklustre Q4, UK daily broadsheet The Guardian has predicted that the boom in mass-market friendly casual gaming could see the games sector come off lightly. CasualGaming.biz has the full low-down.

GameStop saw its sales jump 5.2 per cent in the three-month period ending November 1st, but profits fell from $52 million to $46.7 million. The world’s largest games retailer also saw comparable store sales decrease by 1.8 per cent, primarily down to the launch of Halo 3 in September 2007, …

Catalogue retailer Argos has launched its games sale this week, slashing 50 per cent off some of this Christmas’ biggest titles. Games on offer includes Saints Row 2 on 360 and PS3 for 19.99, WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw available at under 25 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 for PS3 and …

National Geographic announced earlier this week that it had established a games arm and would in future both develop and publish its own titles. However, of the two titles announced, namely National Geographic: King Herod and National Geographic: Africa, it seems that the latter may actually be SCEJ’s title. For …

Sony is reportedly to make the inclusion of Trophies, the firm’s answer to Xbox 360’s popular Achievement system, mandatory from January next year, Videogamer reports. The site claims to have word from an SCEE spokesperson that any titles released from the turn of the year must include the system – …

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Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has signed up the distribution and publishing rights to the new game based on action film Terminator Salvation. The third-person shooter is due next year alongside the Warner Bros Pictures and Sony Pictures movie, putting players in the shoes of Christian Bale’s John Connor character. The …

THE GOVERNMENT could be on the cusp of throwing out BBFC games ratings to make PEGI a legally-enforced standard, should it follow recommendations made by ELSPA this week. The Byron Review’s consultation period closed yesterday (Thursday, November 20th), with ELSPA handing over a detailed document to the Department of Culture, …