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GAME’s trading director Adam Davis tells MCV about how the High Street chain is driving pre-orders…What demand have you seen for Kinect so far?We have sold out of our initial allocation. Microsoft really got behind showcasing the product to our staff at our recent conference. This has helped drive awareness …

Kinect may be stealing all the headlines, but Sony has come out fighting with a 13m ad blitz to drive the PlayStation business in Q4. What’s more, the platform holder says it will have sold 250,000 Moves in the UK by the time Kinect hits the market – with half …

Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a new technology that can provide the fastest moving hologram image ever produced – and they predict the tech will be refined enough for use in the home within seven to ten years. 3DRadar reports that the device uses 16 cameras focused …

EA will tomorrow announce a brand new game in the Battlefield series, it has been confirmed. The news comes courtesy of Ben Cousins of EA business unit Easy Studios who has been at EA’s ongoing O2 showcase in London. Little is known of the title at the moment, though Cousins …

Sony has confirmed that the digital version of the upcoming God of War: Ghost of Sparta will retail for just 16.99 on PSN’s PlayStation Store. This not only represents a decent saving on the 24.99 High Street RRP for the UMD version, but it’s also a very compelling price for …

It looks as if the recent update to the Xbox 360 UI was more than simply preparation for the arrival of Kinect – it’s also dealt a big blow to the piracy community on the console. Xbox 360 piracy typically works by altering the firmware for the internal DVD drive, …

A stabbing wake-up call was dealt to the UK games industry today with new independent data revealing that the sector’s workforce has contracted by nearly nine per cent since 2008. The extraordinary rate of decline – revealed for the first time in the latest issue of Develop – represents thousands …

Tuesday and Wednesday next week just might be the most lucrative two days in games retail history. On Tuesday, November 9th Activision will launch Call of Duty: Black Ops – the follow-up to the UK’s biggest selling game. The very next day Kinect for Xbox 360 hits shelves – complete …

EA UK has spent over 3m on its David Beckham-fronted Sports Active 2 ad push. And that number doesn’t include the fee paid to the England football superstar. EA hopes that Becks can help its big budget fitness title become the must-own workout product this Christmas. The first TV ad …

As part of last night’s fincnaicl report, publisher THQ has stated that the sequel to its successful new action IP Darksiders won’t be out until the company’s fiscal 2013 period. This dates its release, which despite some reports was announced was back in February, as any time between April 2012 …