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BioShock on the Xbox 360 has topped the Amazon.com all format best sellers in the US, reported Next Generation . In a strong week for the console, the second and third positions also belonged to the Xbox 360, in the shape of Halo 3 (pre-order) and Madden NFL 08. The …

Games and DVD rental, sell-through and distribution firm ChoicesUK has reported that it is to go into administration as soon as possible. According to Reuters, the chain stopped trading as of yesterday. Its shares closed at 10.25p – less than four per cent of the value of their all time …

Exclusive Developmag.com tutorial from prolific Xbox Live Arcade studio

Former Take 2 man takes London-based role to drive forward strategy that includes MTV Games and Nickelodeon.

505 Games will sponsor a new quiz show on Sky One called Are you Smarter Than a Ten-Year-Old? The daytime series will debut this October and will be hosted by Noel Edmonds and presented by Dick and Dom. The sponsorship will take the form of promotional trailers before the show’s …

Gears Of War creator Epic Games has acquired a majority interest in People Can Fly, the Polish development studio behind Painkiller. MCV sister site Develop reports that the two companies first developed a relationship when People Can Fly showed Epic prototypes of an Unreal Engine 3-based multi-platform title they were …

Gearbox, Ubisoft, Pivotal and others to use foliage middleware

Developers love digital distribution, thatâ??s a fact. Here, Stainless Gamesâ?? Ben Gunstone offers up some key advice on making games for Xbox Live Arcadeâ?¦

ChartTrack hand ELSPA have unveiled two new charts this week, designed to demonstrate the unit sales and value of individual formats. In the first week of the new charts, Nintendo puts in a storming performance, claiming eight out of the top ten games in the units chart, while taking up …

US publisher Midway is set to show off the cream of its upcoming portfolio at the Leipzig Game Convention – and has said that it considers the expo a highlight of the industry’s calendar”. The firm will demo titles such as Stranglehold (360, PS3, PC), Unreal Tournament 3 (PS3, PC), …