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Konami’s biggest marketing spend ever will help Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 become the fastest-selling title in the franchise’s history, the publisher has told MCV. The title touches down at retail today (Friday October 17th), and to coincide with its retail release Konami has embarked on a promotional campaign worth 2 …

'Skillsweek' to bring developers together and discuss talent and training

VFX tool now available for PC and Xbox Live Arcade

Ubisoft became the first ever publisher to outsell Nintendo on DS in the UK last week – challenging the belief that third parties can’t succeed on the Japanese company’s consoles. Nintendo has been the dominant software publisher on the console in terms of units since the DS launched on March …

Warner Bros has increased its stake in Eidos parent SCi Entertainment to 16.13 per cent. However, Warner’s representative non-executive director at SCi, Kevin Tsujihara, has quit his post. Warner has increased its stake in SCi by five million shares to 42 million shares.

Developer relations chief Colaço says non-retail content offers new options

A new PES 2009 Xbox 360 bundle is winging its way to Europe in time for Christmas. Kotaku reports that the 60GB Pro pack will cost 190/€270 and launch on October 24th. The bundle will contain a copy of the game and a single controller, and will be available in …

One of Woolworths’ most senior directors has quit the company. According to The Times, Simon Turner, who joined Woolworths from Tesco in January as retail and operations director, is understood to have left the retailer earlier this week. He was appointed at the beginning of the year – a move …

The NPD Group has released official American sales figures for September, reporting that Nintendo outsold all in the month. Elsewhere, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 – but even combined, the two consoles’ sales couldn’t match Wii. The total US market, including software and hardware, was down seven per cent …

EA's Doug Church and Bungie's Damian Isla set to talk at AI event