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Industry chat says WB may have spent double that to secure key UK Lego dev talent

It has been revealed that despite the global dominance of Nintendo’s Wii and DS gaming duo, both the Xbox 360 and the PS2 were more profitable for global publishing giant EA for the quarter ending September 30th – reinforcing concerns that third party publishers are finding it hard to tap …

Quick-thinking retailers and consumers that moved to snap up the Xbox 360 console bundle available for just 33.24 have had their orders cancelled. As reported by MCV yesterday, the offer was available for a short time at the supermarket’s online retail site. Anyone that placed an order was sent the …

The Nintendo boys and girls love you so much that they’re offering three of you the chance to win a copy of one of the biggest games of the year, Super Mario Galaxy, just by answering the following, jaw-droppingly simple question: Which English footballing superstar has recently started playing for …

Speculation following departure of Bungie, Bizarre and BioWare misplaced, says MGS GM Phil Spencer

UKTi survey says studios think movie giant will follow Warner with games return

Jesper Kyd and Nitin Sawhney take the stage to bolster event's game coverage

PC Retail reports that Nvidia has posted revenues in excess of $1 billion for a single quarter for its first time ever. The billion per quarter virgins broke through the barrier by a further $12 million. "We are very proud to have achieved our first billion dollar quarter. And, while …

'Cuts will be minimal' asserts firm, but industry chat now swirls around EA LA

Microsoft is celebrating a rare moment of success in Japan where the latest data from Media Create shows that for the week ending November 4th Xbox 360 hardware outsold rival PS3, albeit by just over 200 units, Next Gen reports. 360 sold 17,673 in the period, massively up on the …