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Evergreen Sega title Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games makes it a mario one-two at the top this week as it switches places with SCEE racer Gran Turismo 5 to claim second spot. Retail promotions and heavy marketing boost Sega Superstar Tennis up six places to number five this …

After MCV revealed last week that the UK games market saw its most lucrative Q1 period ever in the first three months of the year, ELSPA has applauded the figures – but warned that the Government must offer the UK tax breaks and other financial incentives to prevent talent heading …

'It is time the Government recognised the massive financial contribution we make to the UK economy,' says Jackson

Event to explore the sell or stay solo dilemma

Develop has the scoop on the latest developments at the Scottish studio – head over there for more details.

After a weekend of technical woes following the release of Konami’s Metal Online Beta on Sony’s PlayStation Network, the publisher has officially taken its servers offline until it figures out a way to cope with the huge traffic heading towards them. The beta appeared on PS3’s PSN for download on …

Two new degree programmes approved by Middlesex University

Now called Blitz Games Studios, with 11 games in the works across five divisions - Volatile, Arcade, Games, TruSim and BlitzTech

Scottish studio cuts out publisher and looks to 'take a more active role in managing global distribution strategy' of its MMO

The gaming community is already uniting to hunt down early copies of GTA IV on forums across the world – but will you be breaking the street date? Do you expect another major game release to be damaged by early selling – and what is the solution? Is early selling …