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The North American June sales figures from NPD have shown that total spending on gaming in the territory for the period hit $1.69 billion – up an incredible 53 per cent compared to the same month last year. Breaking the figure down, hardware sales were up 54 per cent from …

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If there’s one thing that was evident from Sony’s E3 conference it was the firm’s confidence in its range of platforms, and in particular the PS3 – and this self-belief has now been backed up by news that North American sales of the PS3 in June were very nearly double …

E3 may be over but the big-hitting announcements just keep creeping out – this time it’s the turn of EA chief executive John Riccitiello who has confirmed that the EA-owned BioWare is working on an MMO version of its hugely popular Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Speaking to …

SCEE president David Reeves has confirmed that Sony’s highly anticipated Freeview TV add-on PlayTV will launch in the UK on September 10th, and will roll out to the rest of Europe by the end of December. PlayTV turns a PS3 into a fully-functional PVR – a device that allows users …

Nintendo is claiming that Wii is now the best-selling next-gen console in North America after NPD figures confirmed that since its launch in November 2006 the machine has racked up sales of 10.9 million units. In June ’08 alone the Wii sold over 666,000 units in the region. "Wii was …

Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, which includes its Xbox 360 and Zune operations, has announced its first full year of profitable operations, with the fiscal year ending June 30th ’08 bringing $426 million in profit. This compares to the $1.9 billion loss the Division suffered in the previous fiscal year. …

4Talent Scotland reveals series of sessions to help new talent enter the industry

SCEE audio manager Jason Page to talk on whether 'next-gen' audio has delivered