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Nintendo Europe has announced that the Wii Zapper, a peripheral that allows gamers to use their Wii Remote and Nunchuck like a gun, will go on sale in Europe on December 7th and will come bundled with Zelda-themed title Link’s Crossbow Training. The device allows gamers to easily access both …

Develop , MCV’s sister site, reports that UK Trade and Investment has published the full text of its Playing for Keeps report online. Written by Games Investor Consulting for UKTI, BERR and Tiga, the report analyses the global software market, comparing and contrasting territories. The report also looks at the …

A report by games body the Casual Games Association has stated that the blossoming sector is currently worth $2.25 billion, and that it is growing by 20 per cent year on year, Gamesindustry reports. As previous studies have suggested, women are more active casual games players, accounting for 74 per …

For the time being there seems little chance of Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 arriving in the UK, but US gamers will from today be able to purchase the controversial title in games stores following its official release. After initially being granted a restrictive Adults Only rating by North American trade body …

Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 has taken the number one spot in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 software chart after its first week on sale. The title makes it a football one-two-three, with EA’s FIFA 08 holding on to second spot for another week and Sega’s Football Manager 2008 …

David Amor, the boss of Buzz studio Relentless Software, has ahead of tomorrow’s release of Buzz in North America said that the time is now right for the successful quiz series to hit retail on that side of the Atlantic. Speaking to Next-Gen, Amor believes that SCEE is ahead of …

Despite its box office success, the Resident Evil movie trilogy has been far from hit with gamers – but hopes will be high that the brand new computer generated movie entitled Biohazard: Degeneration will deliver the big-screen experience that gamers have been looking for. Capcom has teamed up with Sony …

Nintendo of America’s award-winning president Reggie Fils-Aime has praised rival Sony for its upcoming title LittleBigPlanet, whilst also adding good words about Microsoft’s Halo franchise and 2K Games’ 360 shooter Bioshock. CVG reports that Fils-Aime told SFGate.com that: "I’ve been very intrigued with Little Big Planet, although I don’t know …

MCV’s sister site Develop reports that Testronic Labs has appointed Thorsten Heinze as the head of its games division. Having previously worked at the likes of Nintendo, Crytek and Vivendi, Heinze will be tasked with driving forward business growth for the testing firm. The firm, which is owned by German …