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Two very different types of board games arrive on shelves to day, courtesy of Nintendo and EA. The former continues its traditional board game series with Mario Party 9, which mixes up the classic formula with boss battles and new mini-games. Meanwhile, EA revives its snowboarding series SSX, challenging players …

The consequence of GAME not stocking Mass Effect 3 could be 2m of lost profit and a 6-7m drop in revenue, one analyst has predicted. Working on the assumption that a decent triple-A title sells 0.8m-1m titles in the first few weeks of release in the UK and assuming GAME …

EA has revealed it has ceased development and support of Battlefield 3: Aftershock, following recent reports that the company pulled the shooter franchise spinoff from the App Store in response to negative reviews. Customers had specificially being complaining of connection issues and unusable controls. "In the interest of bringing consumers …

Developer Maxis has reportedly confirmed that Sim City 5 is in development and likely to be released in 2013. GameSpot reports that the confirmation came from Maxis developer Lucy Bradshaw, who claimed that development has until now been kept under wraps due to ongoing work on the Sims and Spore …

EA and BioWare’s sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3 will be available to download on PSN on March 9th, MCV can confirm. Sony had previously confirmed that the game would be getting a simultaneous digital and retail release in North America, and EA has confirmed that the same will happen in …

GAME has told its shareholders that it’s current trade stand-off with EA is temporary” and that both parties are in discussions to bring it to and end. "Today the Group confirmed that it will not be stocking a small number of titles from one supplier, Electronic Arts, during March and …

Publishers EA and Nintendo have confirmed rumours that Mass Effect 3 and Mario Party 9 will not be stocked by GAME or Gamestation. Though neither has officially commented specifically on the GAME situation, both have omitted the retailers from their list of supported stockists. The Mass Effect 3 N7 Collector’s …

While MCV is still awaiting an official response from GAME regarding the news that Mass Effect 3 won’t be in-stores next week, an internal memo from current group channel director Tom Devine has shed some light on the situation. The document, obtained by IGN, appears to confirm Eurogamer’s claims that …

'There were two specific incidents when I decided I just couldn't do it', says Greg Goodrich

Valve rival handing out free games after accessing certain data