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In a year that has seen all of the so-called seventh-generation of machines fully established and battling it out on the market, Nintendo’s DS has emerged as the top selling console in the US in 2007. The DS shifted 8.5 million units throughout the year in the US, well ahead …

The US video games industry is sky-high following news of a bumper 2007 that saw total video game related sales for the year hit $17.94 billion – an increase of 43 per cent compared to the $12.53 million hit in 2006, according to figures from NPD. Breaking the sectors down, …

Chinese firm buys fellow mobile dev

Following a period of increasing pressure on the board of Britsoft publisher and Eidos owner SCi, CEO Jane Cavanagh, managing director of publishing Bill Ennis and managing director of studios Rob Murphy have all left the company. Group CFO Phil Rogers steps up to fill Cavanagh’s position, despite having only …

Ubisoft has invited European press and business partners to its second UbiDAYS trade show, which will take place at Paris’ Louvre museum on Wednesday, May 28th-29th. The event will be the second ever UbiDAYS. Last year’s expo heralded the launch of Ubisoft’s Games for Everyone casual range. The publisher has …

Though it might seem insignificant compared to the recent decision from Warner, the latest studio to pull out of HD-DVD production could deliver an equally large blow to HD-DVD’s survival chances. TGdaily reports that leading hi-def pornography film studio Digital Playground has withdrawn its support of HD-DVD and instead backed …

HP extended its lead in global PC shipments in the fourth quarter, despite moves by Dell to increase its retail presence during the period. To read the story in full, head over to MCV sister site PC Retail.

Suda 51-developed Wii title No More Heroes is a key release for ambitious Rising Star Games as it enters its biggest ever year. The publisher is set to continue its fruitful partnership with Hudson by releasing five titles from the company in March across PSP, DS and Wii. In total, …

DLS-CSB aims to launch course by 2009

Despite courting select developers Mac and iPod firm lacks games strategy, say analysts