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Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV has made it five weeks at number one in the ELSPA/ChartTrack All Formats rankings – seeing off a stern challenge from Codemasters’ Race Driver: GRID, which debuts in second spot. Sales of GTA IV dropped 22 per cent in the week, but it still manages …

Ex-Sony Online SVP of biz dev joins MMO studio

Ubisoft has detailed its European line up for the rest of the year, with fresh dates for Soul Calibur and Tom Clancy titles. Soul Calibur Legends – a Wii adventure set in the Soul Calibur universe – is scheduled to arrive on August 29th, four weeks after Soul Calibur IV …

Speakers from Arenanet, Blitz Games, Linden Labs, CCP and Jagex set for July 29th event

Sierra has teamed up with MCV to offer five lucky readers a copy of the game on Xbox 360 and PS3 – and a very cool Bourne T-shirt. To be in with a shout answer the following question: Who wrote the Bourne novels? A) Robert LudlumB) Robert WagnerC) Robert Williams …

Square Enix has launched the official website for upcoming release Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. The portal offers fans information about the game’s story and the latest news and pre-order deals – as well as media assets and free game related downloads. Crisis Core is due for a European release …

Sega is embarking on its first re-marketing of a catalogue title in a bid to keep Mario and Sonic in the UK All Formats top five until Christmas. The ambitious target has been set after the Wii and DS title clocked up 1.2m sales in the UK since launch last …

SCE boss points to internal studio innovations as key in driving PS3 forward

Studio will reportedly also play a key role in CG film and TV show productions

Speaking after a Netflix analyst event in San Francisco, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter is convinced that the movie rental company will soon team up with Microsoft over Xbox Live. As reported by GameDaily, Pachter said in a research note: "The company is investing heavily in building its online …