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How were the ABC results for you? We have the number one title in the unofficial Xbox market, which is good. I think we were slightly jipped last year by some export copies – we’re about 200 sales behind last year, so we’ve got that back. Between X360 and 360 …

Have the rise in copy sales outstripped your forecasts at all? The results haven’t really been a surprise to us – we’ve always been confident about our portfolio and obviously now we’ve claimed all the official licences for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo. There have also been a lot of improvements …

New tool analyses and replays full network performance data

Electronic Arts took home the grand prize at the MCV and Xbox 360 Industry Pub Quiz last night – in its first stab at the competition. EA beat former champs such as Konami and EUK on the night, which once again took place at London’s AKA Bar in Holborn. However …

Conference is 'open to being spoofed,' says director Moledina

Chief executive of Activision Bobby Kotick believes that even if a publishing rival was to invest $1 billion on a new MMO franchise, they would still struggle to take on Blizzard’s World Of Warcraft. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium 2008 conference, Kotick said: "[Blizzard] has probably half …

Activision will bring the game adaptation of Paramount’s Kung-Fu Panda to console this summer. The publisher’s chief executive Bobby Kotick confirmed the signing in a presentation at the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium 2008 conference. Kotick commented: We’re going to kick off the year with Kung Fu Panda, which looks …

MCV has learnt that SCEE is to launch a PS3 bundle complete with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and one Sixaxis controller in Europe on March 28th for €399 (around 300). French retailers will also be stocking a PS3 ‘Movie pack’ on March 28th which includes Casino Royale, Spider-Man 3 and …

We know that Dr. Tanya Byron doesn’t think badly of PEGI, but she’s made it very clear that the UK public is confused by dual ratings. To tell you the truth, the Nielsen survey we run every year shows the opposite. The UK public comes out first all the time …

Last month, Electronic Arts took the unusual, although not unprecedented, step of permitting the release of the source code of Maxisâ??s landmark simulation game SimCity to the public under the GNU Public License version 3.