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Microsoft has – via the medium of Twitter – announced that Xbox 360 exclusive superhero sandbox title Crackdown 2 will be released in the UK and Europe on July 9th. The game is being developed by new startup Ruffian Games, a studio formed by the founders of Realtime Worlds – …
Read More »SNK to grow UK market share
Renowned Japanese games firm SNK Playmore has set its sights on the UK market with the upcoming launch of Samurai Shodown Sen. The game is the latest in the long-running beat ‘em up series, and is due for an April release on Xbox 360 via Rising Star. We are thrilled …
Read More »MW2 becomes UKs second best seller
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has added another notable notch to its bedpost with news that it is now the second best selling game ever in the UK video games market. In doing so Activision’s title overtakes the total UK lifetime sales of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, …
Read More »Multiplayer key to BFBC2s long tail
Post-release digital support titles is very much the trend nowadays and is proving a popular means of monetising new games, but EA sees its ongoing support for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as serving another purpose – toppling Modern Warfare 2. The game is such a quality package with a best-in-class …
Read More »THQ planning core digital push
The mounting pressure on retail has been turned up another notch with news that THQ is planning up to six download-only titles within the next 12 months, some of which will be based on its highest-profile IPs. The publisher’s VP of core games Danny Bilson told Joystiq that THQ’s plans …
Read More »MW2 DLC priced at £10
Publisher Activision has one again braved the wrath of gamers by announcing that the upcoming Xbox 360 DLC map-pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will cost a considerable 1200 Microsoft Points. That works out at about 10.20 in real money. 1200 MSP is generally (with one or two …
Read More »Reggie embarrassed by Sony Move
The outspoken boss of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Aime, has said that he is both ‘flattered’ by Sony’s very Wii-like Move tech and a bit embarrassed that the firm’s rival has seen to so closely imitate the template set down by Nintendo’s top-selling home console. I think we would have been …
Read More »PS3 claims 54% of FFXIII sales
The fact that FFXIII has this week claimed the top spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 is of absolutely no shock – but onlookers will be far more interested to see how sales were shared across PS3 and Xbox 360. And the truth is – in …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FFXIII triumphant
Along with a welcome change of climate, this week has also bought with it yet another new name at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 – Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII. The game becomes the eighth title to hold the stop spot in the ten …
Read More »West and Zampella join Hollywood talent agency
Looks like the men who once ran Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward aren’t going to let publishers boss them around any more. Vince Zampella and Jason West, who were fired by Activision at the start of the month over allegations of ‘insubordination’, have signed up Hollywood agency CAA to …
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