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But our cover story this week is the first time ever the company has publically moved to mark its territory in video games – and you should take note. Undoubtedly, Apple plans to replicate its domineering success in music with its games and software push. It’s one of the biggest …

GFK-ChartTrack has predicted that this year’s Christmas period will push the UK industry to its biggest Q4 ever in terms of both unit sales and value. The news comes in the week that a report from leading global sales monitor Top Global Markets showed software sales growth has flattened around …

Nintendo may have dominated the US October hardware battle , but Microsoft can claim a sound victory in the hardware stakes with its Xbox 360 exclusive RPG Fable II topping the monthly software listings with sales of 790,000. NPD figures name Wii Fit as the next best selling game, with …

In one of the last of our IP profiles, we cast our eye over the most iconic UK-born games property of allâ?¦

With news of 35 per cent growth in the US hardware market in October causing great cheer across the Atlantic, Nintendo has the greatest reason to celebrate after some hugely impressive sales figures for its hardware. NPD stats show that the Wii sold 803,000 units in October, with twin-screened cousin …

Credit crunch? What credit crunch? The resilience of the video games market to the global financial crisis is still a matter of debate, but annual year-on-year growth of 18 per cent for the month of October in North America is undoubtedly a very positive sign. NPD figures show that the …

Developer/publisher to use new office to form its fourth games production studio

EA is celebrating one of the most successful months in its history – after FIFA 09 hit one million UK sales in record time, and over 60,000 people attended the publisher’s landmark Be The One consumer event in London. The title hit a million after just five weeks on the …

Speaking at a US-based BMO Capital Markets Conference in New York earlier today, Take 2 CEO Strauss Zelnick has suggested that both the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable content for GTA IV and anticipated DS outing Chinatown Wars have been delayed until spring next year. MTV quotes Zelnick as stating: …

28-year-old British woman Amy Taylor has filed to divorce her huband after discovering that he had been sleeping with another woman… on a computer via the virtual world ‘game’ Second Life. Taylor and her husband originally met in an online chatroom in 2003. Head over to CasualGaming.biz to read the …