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Japanese analyst and publisher of Famitsu Enterbrain has predicted that this year will see the domestic market peak in the current console generation. Japan Today reports that the Enterbrain forecasts combined hardware and software sales will peak at 710.4 billion yen this year, and to fall to 671.1 billion yen …

The state minister for Hamburg will introduce anti-truancy measures to fellow politicians in Germany later this week – including a recommendation that games demo pods be switched off during school hours. According to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag – translated by news source Deutsche Welle – Udo Nagel said: "Truancy …

The official Nintendo Korea site has revealed the news that the country has been waiting for – that the Wii console is finally set to launch in the territory. The system will hit shelves on April 26th, and will be priced at 220,000 Won (around 114). That’s a full 17 …

According to the latest Media-Control GfK International weekly all formats Spanish software chart, Sony’s Gran Tursimo 5: Prologue has enjoyed a second week as the biggest selling game in the region. Nintendo’s Wii Play nestles in second spot, whilst Konami enjoys a particularly good week – with iterations of Pro …

Media-Control GfK International has released the latest official German all formats software chart – and Sony’s Gran Turismo 5: Prologue is atop the list for the second week in a row. EA’s Command and Conquer expansion, Kane’s Wrath, holds onto second, whilst Nintendo takes five of the top ten positions. …

The CEO of Electronic Arts John Riccitello believes that the US film industry is ‘worried’ by the release of games releases – and that the greatest console titles will soon be viewed by almost everybody as being as important as Best Picture at the Academy Awards”. He also forecasts that …

Electronic Arts boss John Riccitiello has stated that the reason he returned to EA last year was because he considered the post of CEO his ‘dream job’. In a Financial Times interview, Riccitiello added that his passion for video games and gadgetry had always been with him – and had …

EA CEO John Riccitiello has said that he wants to ensure his employer is one day recognised as video gaming’s all-time greatest company. He commented that he wanted to secure EA’s place in history by making it to games what ‘Disney is to aniationa and NBC is to television’. However, …

World of Warcraft enjoyed a record peak of one million simultaneous users in China last month, according to publisher The9. The figure was the title’s highest ‘concurrency’ since its commercial launch back in June 2005, and came after the territory’s release of expansion pack The Burning Crusade, in September last …

Inspired by the results of last week's Develop 100, Develop exec editor Owain Bennallack, who also wroe entries for the book, analyses the trends from the listing of the world's most successful studiosâ?¦