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The US industry thrived in July – with total revenues jumping up 28 per cent to break the $1 billion mark. The market hit $1.19 billion, with $446.9 million coming from the video games hardware category, up 17 per cent year-on-year. Software sales had a month to remember, up 41 …

Nintendo is celebrating another month as the biggest selling platform holder in the US – with both Wii and DS proving the two best perfoming consoles in July. DS sold the most in the month, with a whopping 608,400 units shifted. Wii sold 555,000. PlayStation 3 shifted 224,900 in the …

Take Two has promoted Gary Dale to the position of chief operating officer. Dale held the role of executive VP before the move, which will see him take responsibility for Take Two’s publishing labels, as well as sale’s activities, global expansion and business development. "Gary Dale has been a valuable …

In the second part of our Develop Awards 2008 winners profile on Rockstar Games, which won four awards at our even last month, we speak to company founder and president Sam Houser about the company's relationship with consumers and plans to push the creative medium of games furtherâ?¦

Here, to accompany our two-part interview with Rockstar Games president Sam Houser, he recounts the highlights from his working life and Rockstarâ??s history so farâ?¦

New IPs from Epic's Polish studio and Japanese Grasshopper Manufacture snapped up by EA Partners

UK studio will offer complete Burnout Paradise download via PlayStation Network

Today’s ABC circulation figures reveal that X360 is the top-selling unofficial title in the Xbox magazine market, according to a statement from publisher Imagine. X360’s average sales are 30,203, and alongside fellow Imagine title 360, which ABCed at 13,007, Imagine states that it now owns 49 per cent of the …

New 360 web service to make Marketplace content sale easier for developers and publishers

Fall out from merger continues to mean pink slips for developers