The UK games market’s weekly value has fallen to its lowest point since May 2006, according to Gfk Chart-Track. According to MCV’s calculations, based on today’s Gfk-ChartTrack/UKIE weekly report, the UK market has hit 11.8 million for the week ending September 11th, down from 14.2 million the week before. The …

Video games retailer GameSeek is to undercut both its indie competition and most likely all of the UK’s nationals too with an eye-watering low offer on next week’s release F1 2010. The website is already taking pre-orders on Codemasters’ title on Xbox 360 and PS3 for just 29.85 – that’s …

Weekly Japanese games mag Famitsu has got the first official details on one of Sony’s worst kept secrets – the HD remakes of PS2 classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Andriasang reports that Famitsu actually carries boxart for each game, suggesting that Team Ico’s cult hits will not in …

Outside 167 Wardour Street, West London you used to find a small plaque by the doorbell, inscribed with five letters: ELSPA. Although that acronym literally meant the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, the name stood for many things including anti-piracy, sales charts, age-ratings, and interfacing with Government. But the …

Turbulent publisher Atari has announced the appointment of John Hayase as its senior vice president of product development. He joins from Sony Online Entertainment where he served as executive director of development and studio head, working on titles such as EverQuest and Free Realms. His job will see him overseeing …

Former Sony man John Hayase to take on new role at French firm

A study by The Nielsen Company – which was commissioned by EA – claims that a recent Gatorade promotion run in conjunction with EA Sports saw an average increase in household spend on the product of 24 per cent. The report isolated households that had purchased either NHL 09/10, NBA …

Publisher Square Enix has revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops, a title it is publishing in Japan, will see some of the violence featured in the Western release cut out. More specifically, the game will omit the inclusion of any limbs being blown off characters, a feature that Japanese …

After rumours surrounding the release of Team Ico Collection on PS3, fresh claims have emerged that suggest the game will cost around 24.99. The game has been listed on Walmart’s website with a release date of April 1, 2011. The US retailer has also priced the bundle at $39.82, which …

Halo: Reach is shaping up to be one of the releases of the year having ignited a price war between the country’s biggest retailers. Sainsbury’s is leading the charge with a retail price of 34.99, while Tesco is selling the game for 28 when purchased with an Xbox Live 2100 …