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UK CHARTS: Mafia II top again

Mafia II has topped the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 for the second consecutive week, despite a 23 per cent drop in sales. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC third person shooter is ahead of Square Enix’s Kane & Lynch 2 again, which saw a 19 per cent …

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Take-Two posts $6m profit

Take-Two has announced net revenues of $354m for its third fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2010 – up from last year’s $95m. The parent company of Rockstar and 2K Games cited strong sales of Wild West shooter Red Dead Redemption for the jump in revenue. The game has sold 6.9m …

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Borderlands gets GOTY edition

2K Games successful action RPG Borderlands is to get a Game of the Year Edition this month. CVG reports that the SKU will contain previously released DLC The Zombie Island of Dr Ned, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot and The Secret Armory of General Knoxx on the disc. In addition, a …

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UK CHARTS: Mafia II goes top

2K Games is officially the Don of the UK Charts this week with news that new release Mafia II has shot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. The Xbox 360 version of the game accounts for 52 per cent of sales, …

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Whats out today? w/e Friday, August 27th

CLICK HERE FOR MCV’S FULLY UPDATED, COMPREHENSIVE RELEASE SCHEDULE. August ends with a bang this weekend, with a strong line-up of new products hitting shelves today. Leading the charge is 2K Games’ Mafia II, a gangster action game with a storyline that stretches across the classic Mafioso era of the …

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Free UK haircut offer with Mafia II

A pop-up barber shop will be touring the country over the Bank Holiday weekend to promote the launch of Mafia II. The title’s publisher 2K Games will is offering shoppers a free shave and haircut – all they have to do is turn up at Joe’s Mafia II Barber Shop. …

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Get Games grows

Games portal Get Games has expanded with three new publishers on board, a number of new appointments and a redesigned site. Codemasters, Ubisoft and 2K Games have all signed deals with the digital download service which will see their popular titles added to Get Games’ site. These include Ubisoft’s Assassin’s …

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Take-Two denies Mafia II stereotyping

Take-Two has defended Mafia II against backlash over the game’s portrayal of Italian-Americans. UNICO National, one of the largest Italian-American service organisations in the US, called the game a pile of racist nonsense” and has demanded the game be withheld from release. The organisation’s president Andre DiMino wrote a letter …

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Carnival Games hits iPhone

Having proven to be one of the most successful third-party titles on the Wii and DS, publisher 2K Games has released a version of Carnival Games on iPhone and iPod Touch. Available now for 2.39 on the Apple iStore, the title comes with ten mini-games including Bumper Boats, Star Shootout, …

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2K confirms BioShock: Infinite

The game that has for some time been known as Project Icarus has finally been revealed – and it’s no less than a third instalment in the BioShock series. Named BioShock: Infinite, the new title will leave behind the setting enjoyed by the first game and its rather similar sequel …

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