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Japanese magazine publisher Enterbrain reports that Nintendo’s Wii has sold 3.01 million units in Japan, with the DS topping 18 million, according to Reuters. Both consoles have broken sales records in a short period of time – with Wii launching on December 2nd last year in the territory and DS …

Online courses based on Torque Technology set to launch this September

Austin studio to use Perpetual's MMO middleware

Latest listing shows Forza 2 propelling studio to top spot

Future Publishing’s consumer games site GamesRadar is celebrating after its first ever ABC Electronic certificate – which confirms that the portal attracted over 3.25 million unique users between May 1st and 31st. The website, which has offices in the UK and USA, generated 42.86 million page impressions during the period. …

$100m to be spent over next two years developing online games

Event moved to 2008?

SCE boss Kaz Hirai to keynote game industry event

The new head of the PlayStation division’s address is to be entitled The Expanding PlayStation World, Business Strategy For New Growth,” according to a report on IGN. Following a muted showing at E3, Kazuo Hirai is expected to kick off Japan’s biggest games show by revealing more online functionality and …

Whilst rumour and speculation had lead to a number of fans expecting Bungie to announce an online co-op mode for upcoming Xbox 360 FPS Halo 3, recent comments from the developer have cast doubt on the chances of it actually making it to the final game. Speaking to Electronic Gaming …