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Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will be released this autumn on PC and Mac. The new versions will feature multiplayer battle modes, boss battles and un-lockable content. It will include over 70 songs, and an expanded online mode, reported Game Daily. "Working with such a wildly successful franchise and …

At the Yebisu Garden Hall, Takashi Sensui, general manager of the Home and Entertainment Division at Microsoft took to the stage of the Xbox 360 Briefing 2007 to showcase the number of forthcoming titles available on the platform and show the support it is enjoying from the Japanese development community. …

The PSP version of God of War: Chains of Olympus has slipped and will now go on sale in the US on March 4th 2008, missing out on the lucrative Christmas buying period. It was hoped that the title would be a potential PSP driver over the period, judging by …

SCE has commissioned publisher Future Plus to produce a high end brochure for the PS3, as the format holder ramps up its marketing for the Christmas buying period. 250,000 copies of the 60-page perfect bound brochure will be distributed at retailers and transport across the UK. It will be divided …

Hardware sales in Japan have taken a downturn for the week ending September 2nd – the PS3 being the only exception with a marginal boost, shifting 18,068 units. The DS sold less than 100,000 units during the week for the first time this year, reported Games Industry . Its 94,339 …

After signing up Trilogy Logistics and PR agency Indigo Pearl, Zoo Digital is launching a renewed push on the UK market by developing its own IP and ramping up its publishing presence. Alongside the PR drive Indigo Pearl will drum up, the deal with Trilogy means that the firm will …

The Japanese video games market was up 22.5 per cent year on year in August, as Nintendo leads the charge with huge sales figures for Mario Party 8, DS and Wii – the latter of which outsold the PS3 by a margin of three to one. The majority if the …

German specialist trade magazine IGM (International Games Magazine) and UK based interactive entertainment weekly MCV have announced their continued editorial partnership. With MCV UK we had managed to win over our absolute dream partner in 2006,” said IGM-editor Marius Hopp. In the print and online sector in the English-speaking world, …

The Department of Culture, Media and Sport – which will be at the forefront of Gordon Brown’s proposed review of children’s access to adult video games – has outlined its intentions to re-examine the way in which adult rated video games fall into the hands of children. Talking exclusively to …

The retailer today announced better than expected financial results, with its total group sales up 12.2 per cent for the 18 weeks ending September 1st and like for like sales up 5.8 per cent. HMV UK and Ireland fared better still, with sales up 12.5 per cent, with a like …