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Good news at last – more money was made from games software in April 2011 than the same period last year. According to UKIE/GfK Chart-Track data, retailers made almost 70m from game sales last month, a modest increase of 1.8 per cent compared to April 2010. It’s the first time …

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play – otherwise known as the PlayStation-branded mobile phone – will launch in the UK this April. Phone service providers Orange, T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone all say they will be stocking the Android-powered gaming phone, Pocket Lint reports. According to Orange and T-Mobile the device will hit …

Ubisoft’s long-awaited Splinter Cell: Conviction has emerged as the best selling game in April in the US market, according to numbers from NPD. Its 486.1k sales place it above the likes of Pokemon Soul Silver (242.9k), New Super Mario Bros Wii (200.3k) and Pokemon Heart Gold (192.6k). Sony’s PS3-only God …

At first glance it might seem as if Nintendo’s hardware was the star performer in the somewhat disappointing US April video games market, but a quick look back to this time last year paints a far from happy picture for the Kyoto firm. The headline figures show that Nintendo enjoyed …

UK video games retailer Gamestation made a notable and obscure acquisition last week – namely, the immortal souls” of 7,500 of its customers. It’s all to do with the retailer’s latest April Fools joke that saw an additional clause entered into its online terms and conditions. The note stated that …

If all the talk is true, it’s looking as if April 2011 could be one hell of a month for console owners. 1UP claims to have had word that Dutch developer Guerrilla Games is already hard at work on Killzone 3, and that Sony is preparing the title for release …

PS3’s Japanese resurgence is showing no signs of abating with news that Sony’s console has successfully outsold Nintendo’s Wii for the second month on the trot in the territory. Reuters reports that Sony sold 108,530 PS3 console in April. That’s down on the 146,948 sold in March but still ahead …

Wii Fit is this week enjoying its fourth straight week at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, taking its total tally of number ones to 13. In capturing the crown yet again it successfully fends off Atari’s The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena, which …

Nintendo’s Wii Fit is enjoying its third straight week at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, brining the total amount of number ones enjoyed by the title to 12 – with eight coming in 2009. EA’s The Godfather II manages to hold on to …

The release of Wii Fit on April 25th will see the next chapter in the platform holder’s wider mission to seduce non-gamers, says Nintendo UK marketing director Dawn Paine. And with Mario Kart arriving just a few weeks before on April 11th, Nintendo believes it will raise both mainstream and …