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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

Part three of our extensive chat with iNiS co-founder Keiichi Yano sees attentions turned to how the boutique Japanese developer managed to find a global audience without even trying, and what it feels it can learn from Western developers...

Future, Imagine, Eurogamer and The Guardian were all amongst the winners at this year’s Games Media Awards. Taking place at Jongleurs Comedy Club in Camden last night (October 16th), the event recognised the best of the specialist, mainstream, print and digital media. It also featured a very special Games Media …

With the Christmas release schedule growing increasingly congested, Zavvi has cut prices on recently released titles both online and in-store. The clearout covers all platforms, with deals including Devil May Cry 4 on Xbox 360 and PS3 for 11.99, The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass on DS for 16.99 …

The first concrete details of BioShock 2 have emerged in the form of a trailer for the upcoming title at the end of the PS3 version of the first title, which is due to arrive at European retail on October 24th. So far little is known of the game, dubbed …

The will-they-won’t-they saga surrounding THQ’s publishing of ex-Vivendi property 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand has come to an end: after the BBFC classified the title for the publisher. Rumours first circulated that THQ had bought the rights to the Swordfish Studios-developed game earlier this week, when the firm’s name …

Pogo Austin to join Bioware's Texan outfit; to focus on family-friendly Hasbro properties