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Heavy Rain has smashed Sony’s sales expectations by shifting 1.5 million units worldwide, says developer David Cage. Speaking at GDC Europe in Cologne, the Quantic Dream founder said the title would sell 2m units before the year is up. Back in April, Cage predicted the game would only sell 1.5m …

Activision has dated some of its big Q4 titles. Wii shooter GoldenEye will launch in the UK this November, while the firm’s other James Bond title – Blood Stone – will arrive during a more vague ‘Winter 2010’ time scale. Meanwhile, the next in the Tony Hawk series will arrive …

Ubisoft will launch a Hawx 2 demo for Xbox 360 and PS3 next week. The demo is set to offer two different single player missions. Interception Course sees gamers play a Russian pilot sent to intercept stolen aircraft. Meanwhile, Seek and Destroy puts players in control of an elite US …

The Ace Combat series will be ‘reborn’ on Xbox 360 and PS3 next year, Namco Bandai has told MCV. Ace Combat Assault Horizon marks the first time the franchise has appeared on PlayStation 3. Developed once again by Project Aces, the team has set about creating a more destructive air …

Life-to-date sales of Call of Duty map packs have surpassed 20 million units. The numbers take into account all packs released for the franchise on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, including the two Modern Warfare 2 DLC released this year. "The Call of Duty franchise is unique in the world …

Sega Sammy has posted an operating income of 14,951 million YEN (110.8m/$173m) for the three months ending March 31st, 2011. It’s a significant increased compared to the 7,820 million (58m/$90.6m) YEN loss the firm reported in the financial first quarter last tear, The firm’s net income was 7,036 million YEN …

Chipsworld ltd has entered liquidation, the company has told MCV. All 12 company-owned stores have been closed and 29 employees made redundant. The retailer said in a statement that it has struggled in the face of ‘the credit crunch, mounting unpaid debts and the recession.’ However, it’s not all over …

Disney will acquire social games giant Playdom for a fee that could rise to $763.2 million. The deal, which was rumoured last week, involves an initial payment of $563.2 million, with a further $200 million dependent on performance. The news comes weeks after Disney swooped for iPhone music game pioneer …

CHIPS has closed all of its company-owned stores today. However, the company has denied it is in administration and will issue a statement clarifying the situation later today. The development only affects its 12 company-owned stores. The firm’s 14 franchised outlets are unaffected by any developments at Chipsworld ltd. We …

Justin Keeling has joined UTV Ignition as its head of global strategy and product. Keeling previously worked at IGN as general manager for Europe, as well as being editorial director at G4 TV. UTV Ignition is the re-branded name for Ignition, and will now focus on developing and publishing triple-A …