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After selling over 500,000 units in its first week of sale in the US and becoming the fastest selling Wii title ever in the UK, it seems that Super Mario Galaxy is now on track to become the highest rated game of all time. Statistics from reviews aggregation site Gamerankings.com …

A survey conducted by the National Institute on Media and Family in North America has discovered that teenagers are often able to but Mature rated video games despite their 17+ age restrictions. GameSpot reports that a two-month undercover survey covering 60 US retailers found that those under 17 were able …

With the PC version of Epic shooter Unreal Tournament III hitting European stores tomorrow, the ongoing uncertainty concerning when the PS3 version will make it out before Christmas appears to have been answered with the news that the game has gone gold. However, whilst Sony America has approved the game …

Version 3.1 gets further web documentation and tutorial resource

Rumours of a possible PlayStation branded Sony Ericsson mobile phone first emerged in June , and have since been denied and then once again rumoured – but now Sony has given its strongest indication yet the device could yet become a reality. Speaking to The Economic Times SCE co-chief operating …

Canadian developer adds new office in Halifax

After stating last month that it wasn’t sure whether Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion expansion Shivering Isles would be offered to PS3 gamers on disc or download, the game’s developer Bethesda has confirmed that it will be hitting Sony’s online network this month. CVG reports that whilst only a North American …

The CEO of Sony Howard Stringer has said that the growing momentum he believes is building behind his firm’s PS3 console matches the sales patterns the company saw in the early days of the PS3. "The PS3 is not behind the curve compared to PS2 in terms of momentum,” Stringer …

Nintendo of America has announced that recently released Wii platformer Super Mario Galaxy has become a double record breaker, selling over 500,000 units in its first week on sale. "Super Mario Galaxy had the strongest one-week debut of any Wii game to date and has also become the best-selling Mario …

SCi’s latest interim management statement states that the company remains in talks over a possible buy-out, while outlining its latest quarterly sales results. For Q1 FY ’08 (July 1st to September 30th), SCi unit sales were up 14 per cent compared to the previous quarter, with notable success Pony Friends …