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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

Blimey. If we’d have known how much of a stink our earlier news story on Gizmondo would have kicked up… well, we’d have made a lot more of it, to be honest. It seems that the legacy of the company hasn’t won it many friends in the industry. But what …

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Giant publisher Electronic Arts has told MCV that it has promoted two of its personnel to key positions within the firm. Stuart Lang (left) has been promoted to the role of UK marketing director, having worked for the publisher in the role of EA brand manager. Gary Booker (right) has also …

Eidos creative director Ian Livingstone has predicted great things for the Middle Eastern market – but warned Microsoft and Nintendo that they will have to protect themselves from piracy to compete with Sony in the territory. Last week Livingstone gave the keynote speech at Games ‘08 in Dubai, the first …