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One shock announcement to emerge from Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show press conference was that cult shooter Radiant Silvergun is scheduled for a surprise release on Xbox Live Arcade. The Treasure-developed game was previously released in both the arcades and on Sega Saturn in 1998, though was never published outside of …

Microsoft has stated that it is looking to address problems with some copies of Halo Reach that are preventing some gamers from playing the game. A number of consumers have claimed that their Xbox 360 consoles are unable to read the game disc. An isolated report on Maxconsole even went …

MCV can reveal that 300,000 copies of Microsoft’s Halo Reach were sold in the game’s first 24 hours on sale in the UK. This already puts Halo Reach at number ten in the all-time UK weekly sales league table, leaving it in prime position to climb the listings through to …

Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show press event has finally delivered what all the pre-release hype until now has failed to – a range of upcoming titles that will very much place Kinect at the centre of the hardcore games sector. In total five new games were revealed, including both exciting looking …

With both the Xbox 360 and PS3 having undergone physical redesigns in the last year, a study by Gamasutra claims that while both have seen an uplift in sales it’s Xbox 360 that has benefited the most. In its first three months of availability the PS3 Slim saw year-on-year sales …

The eradication of the pre-owned games market would bring about grave consequences for the sector, one analyst has warned. MCV reported yesterday that a legal ruling in the US in could jeopardise the future of video game trade-ins, completely destroying the business models of many of the world’s key games …

Iceberg Interactive may not be the best known publisher in the industry, but aims to change that with the retail release of Global Agenda. The PC MMO has already been downloaded almost 100,000 times worldwide. In fact, the title – which was previously only available digitally – has been Steam’s …

Developer Asylum says only Nintendo’s platforms can help its Doctor Who games reach a family audience. The two upcoming Doctor Who titles – Evacuation Earth and Return to Earth – are due this year for DS and Wii respectively. And Asylum MD Simon Bailey says that the timing couldn’t be …

Kids’ mega-franchise Ben 10 is heading to Leicester Square next month. The event on October 2nd will allow fans to get a first hands-on play with the upcoming Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction game. It will also feature exclusive screenings of the new TV series and kids’ goody bags …

Been stalling on registering for this month’s Develop Quiz? Well, your studio has already shown it’s not the smartest in the business – because the final tables have now been sold. Taking place on Wednesday September 29th at Sway Bar, Holborn, this month’s Develop Quiz will see 20 teams looking …