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Disney Interactive has teamed up with the full Walt Disney business to promote upcoming movie tie-in The Princess and the Frog. The blockbuster animated movie is due for release this month, and has garnered much press attention for being a return to Disney’s classic 2D roots and featuring the firm’s …

South Peak has swooped for the publishing rights to retro-inspired PS3 title 3D Dot Game Heroes in Europe. The PS3 title is a fantasy adventure that mimics the pixelated character designs of classic ‘80s games but in a 3D world, complete with a retro ‘chip tunes’ soundtrack. The game has …

SCEE has announced that it has extended its free game promotion for new owners of the digital-only PSPgo. Originally set to expire on January 10th, the deal will now run until January 31st and allows those who buy a new machine the chance to download one of either Gran Turismo, …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s run, which has so far lasted nine weeks, had to come to an end eventually – but hardly anyone would have predicted that Ubisoft’s Just Dance would have been the game to do it. It claims top spot in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats …

Modern Warfare 2 may have been the biggest game of December, but publisher Activision still slipped behind Nintendo, EA and Ubisoft in terms of software units sold in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack December Charts.

 Wii titles controlled almost a third of the market in terms of unit sales in December, with …

Much like its dominance in the hardware sector, Nintendo has also emerged as the big victor in 2009’s American software charts according to the latest data from NPD – though Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 emerged as the year’s most popular title. In doing so MW2 becomes the …

The GAME Group hass announced the appointment of Dana Dunne as its new non-executive director. Dunne currently serves as the chief commercial officer for easyJet. He succeeds Jean-Paul Giraud, who has completed two terms of office and steps down after six years on the Group board. We are delighted to …

SCEA’s communicatiosn director Patrick Seybold has stated that in December Sony’s PlayStation Network enjoyed its single highest revenue month” in North America. Though the exact numbers weren’t revealed revenue was up 155 per cent compared to the same period the year before. Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VIII was the most …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been named as the best selling game of 2009 in the UK – despite not hitting the market until mid-November. The news comes from ELSPA and GfK-ChartTrack’s official 2009 Charts. Other successes included EA’s FIFA series, with FIFA 10 claiming second place in …

Tesco has posted its strongest Christmas results in three years, with like-for-like sales up 5.1 per cent in the UK. The whole group sales – including its international business – increased by 7.5 per cent in the six weeks to January 9th 2010. The results were driven by sales of …