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Having hit the headlines earlier this month thanks to an ambitious launch that involved selling key titles such as Halo reach for heavily discounted prices, online retailer GameTail has been forced to refund orders and cancel its full launch until 2011. Citing a dispute with PayPal, GameTail has already refunded …

A number of third party devices have been rendered redundant following the release of Sony’s latest PS3 firmware update that, amongst other things, introduces some new security measures to combat the recent spate of PS3 piracy devices. Specifically, it looks a number of accessories that connect to console via its …

Microsoft and Sky have confirmed that Sky Player offer an interesting array of compatibility features with the motion camera Kinect come its launch on November 10th. The service, which allows users to watch a range of Sky programming on their Xbox 360, will be fully controllable using both gesture and …

Publisher Codemasters wants to release a new title in its newly arrived F1 series every year – though it will have to secure the necessary rights first. Its first ever F1 release arrived at retail last Friday and already the company has said that it wants to emulate the likes …

North American food retailer Taco Bell has launched a new partnership with EA that will see MySims promoted in its large chain of restaurants. But the most interesting part of the partnership is that it will offer customers the chance to nab the full version of the PC game for …

Having worked wonders in bringing video games to a whole new audience with the Wii, EA hopes that Sony can carry on where Nintendo left off and take the Wii audience deeper into the games market. When asked by MCV if PlayStation Move can convert the Wii’s audience, EA’s European …

After what even Sony admits as being a slow start across the globe, the PS3 has finally found its stride and is quickly catching up on its console rivals in the sales race – and EA reckons it could yet catch Xbox 360 in the UK hardware market. We could …

While Konami’s PES 2011 looks to greatly improve on last year’s effort, publishing rival EA believes that FIFA 11 will help the company increase its market share in the sector even further. Over the last couple of years, FIFA has been an excellent performer and we continue to grow market …

EA has had a really good year in Europe in terms of market share. What were the key drivers?We had an excellent start to the year. Army of Two, Dante’s Inferno and in particular Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sold really well. It shows our strategy to focus on fewer, bigger …

Speaking at Oracle’s OpenWorld conference today, Zynga’s CTO Cadir Lee has revealed a number of stats and details which show what an impressive infrastructure and vast operation it runs. The numbers include:* 10 PER CENT of the world’s internet population has played a Zynga game* 215 MLLION monthly users* Zynga’s …