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The Xbox 360’s Japanese resurgence is seemingly far from over with news that the machine has outsold Sony’s PS3 for the second week running in Japan – though both consoles are still lagging far behind the handheld market. Edge Online reports that 360 shifted 13,777 units in the week ending …

Halo developer Bungie has finally lifted the lid on the much-delayed announcement of its new project , revealing a brand new gameplay expansion for Xbox 360 global hit Halo 3 – and sparking a little controversy in the process. A countdown concluded weeks of build-up on Bungie’s site yesterday to …

Lawyer Jack Thompson, a long time enemy of the video games industry, has been banned from practising law by the Florida Surpreme Court. According to a news release rom Thompson himself posted on Kotaku, the ‘disbarment is in retaliation, among other things, for Thompson’s Tyndale House book Out of Harm’s …

Following a spate of aggressive promotions from the likes of Morrisons, Woolworths and Asda, leading industry figures have urged retail to hold fire on further cuts to new release pricing. With fears over the economy at an all time high, ultra-crowded release schedules and retailers fighting for supremacy, many are …

It might originally have been based upon the surprise birth of a little fella in a barn over 2000 years ago, but things have changed. In the games industry and at retail, Christmas has become an all or nothing scrapfest for the consumer pound. And of the three platform holders, …

(a) An atrocious novelty record reaching inexplicable heights in the charts; (b) Vaguely sinister old men in costume inviting kids they don’t know to sit on their knees; (c) Continual reminders that ‘there are only X amount of shopping days until Christmas’, creating widespread panic for parents in a desperate …

GFK ChartTrack has revealed to MCV that it is ready to produce a Wii Budget Chart as soon as the industry wants it. GFK ChartTrack’s Chris Poole confirmed: As long as everyone is in agreement then it’s something that we’ll produce and publish without a problem. If people want it …

Warner Bros. has told MCV that it is readying an industry-leading approach to movie-based games with the digital download-only release of Watchmen next year. Watchmen, the film based on the cult comic books, is due out in March next year, with the game set to take place before the events …

Hot on the heels of this morning’s news that Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City is to be released in the UK in December , Nintendo has now confirmed that Wii Music will be released in Europe on November 14th. The title, which was officially named and confirmed at …

Vancouver International Game Summit becomes a Game Developer Conference in May 09