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It would still take a brave man to bet against EA’s traditional festive champion Need for Speed fighting back to claim the top spot once again in time for Christmas, but Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is giving it a run for its money by clinching the …

Leading UK games retailer GAME has reported a total sales increase of 89.1 per cent, including sales from the recently acquired Gamestation, for the 45 weeks ending December 8th, whilst like-for-like sales increased by 44.1 per cent compared to the same period last year. Taking the UK and Ireland in …

Having earlier today confirmed the opening of its first LAN gaming centre at its flagship Trocadero store in London, the chief executive of HMV Simon Fox has said that gaming is set to replace the likes of music as his chain looks to future growth. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, …

Guerilla Games, the developer of hot PS3 FPS Killzone 2, has found itself embroiled in fanboy-angering controversy yet again with the admission that the screenshots it released of the game last week were doctored. When Killzone 2 was first showed off to the world at E3 2005 the world was …

With EA’s superb Fight Night series more or less monopolising the video game boxing scene at the moment, 2K Games is to approach the genre from another angle with the announcement of the upcoming Don King Presents: Prizefighter. As well as beating people up, the game will see players training …

Take 2 chairman Strauss Zelnick has said that he is pleased with the Video Appeals Committee’s decision to back the publisher in its appeal against the BBFC’s decision to ban controversial PS2, PSP and Wii title Manhunt 2 from sale in the UK. "We are committed to making great interactive …

The Video Appeals Committee has announced that it has voted in favour of Rockstar, by a margin of four votes to three, in its appeal against the BBFC for its decision to ban controversial PS2, PSP and Wii title Manhunt 2 from release in the UK. The BBFC has said …

German publisher The Games Company has struck a deal Data Design Interactive to bring the Popcorn Arcade games series to Wii owners in the territory, with the first titles arriving on shelves on December 20th. The range, which will retail for €29.99 and sell under the Green Kangaroo label, will …

After announcing its intentions to open a heavy-duty LAN gaming centre in October , Gamerbase and HMV have at last opened the doors on the first of its partnership epicentres at the retailer’s leading Trocadero store in Central London. To tie in with the event Gamerbase has also confirmed that …

Less than a month after announcing its intention to expand into the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian markets, Nordic distributor PAN Vision has clinched a deal to distribute EA titles in the aforementioned regions. This is a vital step to become the market leaders in the Baltic during 2008," PAN Vision …