Thought our ‘free NPD data’ offer was good? Well, it gets better. Screen Digest has also signed up to offer two free reports to those who buy a ticket for next week’s digital games summit. Delegates to the November 10th London Games Conference will get Screen Digest reports in their …

We’re just a few hours away from finally having some of the answers. Will Rockstar North choose to revisit San Andreas, its digital recreation of an entire state, or the neon-clad Vice City? Will it go for somewhere else, but another slice of Americana? Or maybe somewhere different – a …

Namco Bandai’s rock hard RPG Dark Souls has reached 1.5m shipments worldwide in just over one month. Andriasang reports that more copies of the game have been shipped to retailers in Europe than its home country Japan, with 470,000 shipped in the former and 370,000 the latter. 40,000 units have …

Sony’s Uncharted 3 arrives in the UK today (yes, a Wednesday!) and HMV has once again emerged as the retailer with the most competitive offer. The retailer will sell the game for 2.99 to anyone willing to trade in a PS3 copy of either Battlefield 3 or Batman: Arkham City. …

Market research company Newzoo has made the bold prediction that Grand Theft Auto V will be released as a digital-only product. The prediction comes just hours ahead of the official debut trailer which is due for release at 16:00GMT today. "There are a lot of reasons why publishers are pushing …

Battlefield 3 has become the fastest-selling game in EA’s history after selling 5m units in a matter of days, the publisher has announced. The game went on sale on Friday, October 28th on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It has 2.5m Facebook ‘likes’ and over 200,000 followers on Twitter. Plus, …

The mobile game phenomenon Angry Birds will get its own line of retail stores, developer Rovio has announced. Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in Beijing, Rovio’s chief marketing officer Peter Vesterbacka said the move was partly to tackle piracy in China. He brought a couple of unofficial Angry Birds …

Iconic games, media and entertainment firms have confirmed their place at next weekâ??s London Games Conference

Can you believe it is just four years since the first Assassin’s Creed arrived at retail? There have been some serious changes in the market during that time, from the arrival of high-end smartphones putting pressure on consoles through to changes in the gaming demographic, but through it all Ubisoft’s …

The UK video games industry is filled with ambitious young talent who quickly establish themselves within the trade – but who are the most prominent rising stars? MCV profiles the brightest talent of 2011. Johnny ChiodiniAge: 23Video Producer, GameSpot UKChiodini produces the video content for GameSpot UK. Since joining back …