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A handheld sector spearheaded by DS and a home console market led by Xbox 360 have pushed 2007 software sales to unprecedented heights, MCV can reveal. Full year figures courtesy of ELSPA and ChartTrack reveal another spectacular year of game sales and a significant boost in market value. Total software …

Japanese super-event set for another four day run

Total software units: 75.9m (Up 16 per cent on 2006) Total software value: 1.72billion (Up 25 per cent on 2006) Total console software (units): 58.2 million (Up 26 per cent on 2006) Total console software (value): 1.41bn (Up 34 per cent on 2006) Console handheld (units): 21.4m (Up 45 per …

Call goes out for 2D and 3D games made with XNA Game Studio

Monkey Island and adventure game alum's new game DeathSpank to be published by Canadian independent studio

Dutch dev plans casual game for Nintendo's downloadable game service

Many gamers have been holding on to the hope that Nintendo’s Virtual Console service will one day play host to Rare’s rich catalogue of retro titles – but online rumours suggest that Xbox 360’s Live Arcade might pip it to the post. Xbox Evolved claims that a joint agreement between …

Regional investment agency Codeworks says area is set for digital industry spike

Centre to encourage game development in the Niagara region

Competition calls for Flash-based games built by developers and aspiring designers