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Sony has confirmed that operating losses for its games division have more than doubled for the quarter ending September 30th, hitting YEN 96.7 billion compared to YEN 53.2 billion in the same period last year. However, across the whole business Sony posted a quarterly operating profit of YEN 90.5 billion, …

As the importance of digital distribution continues to grow, UK publisher Codemasters has become the latest big name label to sign up to Valve’s popular online distribution service Steam. The first Codies content to appear on the network in Europe will be Clive Barker’s Jericho, which will be released online …

To celebrate its first year in the Indian market, Microsoft has announced that its globally successful Xbox Live gaming and download service will be launched in the country on November 5th. The network will launch with a host of exclusive local content, such as downloadable Bollywood films and trailers. As …

Nintendo’s year-on-year first-half profit and sales figures have doubled after the continued success of Wii and DS. The company has now raised its profit outlook to a record for the second time this year, reports Bloomberg . Net income jumped to 132.4 billion yen (586 million) in the six months …

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Vollee to stream full-fat PC and console titles to mobile

SCEE is inviting members of the industry to take up its Buzz! challenge at www.letsplaybuzz.com . The publisher is celebrating the release of Buzz! Hollywood, which entered the UK charts this week. Players have to answer a series of Buzz!-style posers – including a fair few on Tinseltown itself. They …

Leading global games retailer GameStop is celebrating the opening of its 5,000th store in Jackson, California. The milestone keeps the chain on-track for its target of opening between 500 and 700 new stores in 2007. "With more customers being attracted to the video game category, they will increasingly find a …

How successful would you say your initial releases on Wii have been? We have surprised ourselves at how popular they are. On the Monday after a recent release I called Koch for some copies for reviewers and was surprised and delighted to be told that we were out of stock. …

BBFC senior examiner Gianni Zamo has told MCV that rating a game can be harder than rating an equally violent film, and that the process it follows is to be re-examined over the next year. As part of its recent Violence in Games Special, MCV spoke to Zamo about the …