Games and entertainment retailer Play.com has introduced a dedicated E3 section to its website where consumers can buy newly announced games. The Play.com E3 area is being promoted from the retailer’s homepage and offers up to 20 per cent off the latest games. Titles currently include Gears of War 3, …

Games for Microsoft’s Kinect will cost significantly less than current Xbox 360 games at retail, reports suggest. Edge Online reports that a highly placed retail source” claims that motion games revealed last night such as Kinect Sports, Kinect Adventures, Dance Central and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved will cost just 29.99 …

Super Mario Galaxy 2 has fallen short of reaching Number One in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 by just 1,000 units. Nintendo’s super sequel – released for Wii on Friday – was beaten to the top spot by Rockstar’s multiformat Red Dead Redemption. The Wild West adventure …

Echoing concerns expressed by analysts earlier this month, THQ has been forced to reduce its financial forecasts for the current year thanks to lower than expected sales of next-gen fighter UFC 2010 Undisputed. The publisher now expects non-GAAP net sales of $155m-$165m for the quarter ending June 30th 2010, down …

Today is arguably the most important day in the video games industry’s annual calendar – LA’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. Over the course of the next 48 hours all three platform holders will take to the E3 stage to outline why they think they have a winning proposition for the year …

Xbox 360 is suffering a bit of a year-on-year dip so far in 2010. Why is this and what are you doing to reverse it?In the face of price drops, new form factors and massive marketing expenditure by the competition, Xbox 360 still grew full-year market share in EMEA from …

Microsoft has confirmed that Kinect will launch at retail this year in November. The controllerless input device – previously known as Natal – was given its final moniker at a dazzling pre-E3 event. No price or further SKU details were announced. Those details are reserved for tomorrow, where Microsoft will …

EA and MTV Games’ music sequel Rock Band 3 will get a range of new Mad Catz peripherals to accompany the game’s release this Q4 – with the option of using MIDI instruments to play. Rock Band 3 was previously confirmed in March and will be available on Xbox 360, …

Set list, DLC and new keyboard accessory announced

We all know the drill. E3 is almost upon us and that means a number of lengthy press conferences during which platform holders and publishers alike flaunt their wares. Over the years, key phrases have popped up now and again. Join MCV in a game of bingo as we listen …