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Ubisoft is showing retail how it’s done by opening its own High Street outlet. The firm has sublet a store on Dean Street in Soho to support upcoming Kinect game Child of Eden. It will boast two floors, with a ‘chill out area’ and three game trial rooms, as well …

Rockstar has done it again, with new IP L.A. Noire providing a major boost to UK games retail. 24m was taken by UK games stores last week – the highest figure since the first week of the year. MCV estimates that over 10m was generated by L.A. Noire alone, and …

Sony’s Networked Products and Services division, the home of its PlayStation business, has recorded an operating profit of YEN 35.6bn (267m) for the fiscal year ending March 31st. In the same period last year the Division reported a YEN 83.3bn loss. Sales grew slightly to YEN 1,572bn (12bn). PS3 hardware …

The talent and spirit of collapsed group Realtime Worlds is returning to a new Dundee studio, under a different name but working on a familiar project, Develop can reveal. Develop understands that ‘eeGeo’, a new studio still under construction in the Scottish city, will unveil its flagship game Project MyWorld …

It has been one of toughest PR tests in PlayStation history, but a new survey from consumer site GameSpot suggests that users are sticking with their PS3s despite the lengthy PSN outage. According to data obtained by the site’s GameStop Trax research division, 67 per cent of PS3 owners questioned …

Fury. That’s the adjective UK newspaper The Daily Mail has used to describe the reaction to yesterday’s new Modern Warfare 3 video. "An ultra-violent computer game which features explosions and scenes of destruction on the London Tube and at the Houses of Parliament is to be released later this year," …

A trade show is only as good as its exhibitors. The likes of E3 and Tokyo Games Show would be nothing without the industry’s biggest companies there to showcase their wares, and Gamescom is no exception. Fortunately, the Cologne-based event has already announced a roster of heavy hitters and the …

Tecmo Koei may be embracing social games, but it still has an interest in the console space. The publisher has lifted the lid on its latest Jockey horse racing game. Champion Jockey will arrive this September on Xbox 360 Kinect, PS3 Move and Wii, MCV can reveal. It’s the spiritual …

THQ is pumping 1m into marketing its new male-focused keep-fit title, UFC Personal Trainer. Unlike other fitness games on the market, it features specific mixed martial arts exercises used by Ultimate Fighting Championship competitors. This is part of a bid to win over the male gamer as well as female …

Facebook is the next step in Tecmo Koei’s bid to reach Western gamers. The Japanese publisher – famous for hit franchises Dynasty Warriors, Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive – hasn’t enjoyed the same level of success in the US and Europe as it has in Japan. But the firm …