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Nintendo announced that Wii Sports Resort has sold more than 500,000 units in the United States. The platform holder’s first MotionPlus-compatible title passed this milestone within its first two weeks of release, having hit shelves on July 25th. Through Monday we sold one copy of Wii Sports Resort roughly every …

Namco Bandai is increasing its efforts on iPhone, promising to announce a new title every week in order to be a part of the format’s ongoing gold rush”. The publisher has hired Jonathon Kromrey, a former iPod and iPhone games producer and designer at Apple, to lead its own development …

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days will be released in the UK on October 9th. The title is the first DS instalment in the long-running RPG series that combines the locations and characters of Final Fantasy and Disney, which has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. 358/2 Days explores the story …

Namco Bandai has released its financial results for the quarter ending June 30th, showing a loss in operating income of approximately YEN 2.8bn. The company posted a profit of YEN 1.5bn for the same quarter last year, highlighting the significance of this year’s drop. Namco’s net sales also fell by …

Click here to access the RETAIL BIZ Previews section for our definitive guide to the biggest and best games due to hit shelves over the next month. This week, Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum readies itself as the Caped Crusader’s most impressive video game outing yet. Taking a much darker tone, …

New research shows more Internet users in China use the web for online gaming than shopping. New research from the China Internet Network Information Center shows approximately 200 million of China’s web users regularly play online video games. This places the pastime the sixth most-used application for the Internet, while …

Sony has revealed two new controllers for the PS3 will be heading to the US this autumn. These vibrant DualShock 3 joypads will be available in Metallic Blue and Deep Red and are due to hit shelves in October. The new controllers, spotted by Engadget, expand the range of coloured …

LucasArts has announced Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 this Christmas. The new SKU will feature the full version of the game and three new levels that explore alternate storylines of the original Star Wars trilogy: two from DLC and …

Take-Two has announced its sci-fi action title Borderlands will be released in October. The game will arrive in the UK, Europe, Austraila and other territories” on October 23, three days after its debut in North America, according to Gamespot. Borderlands is a sci-fi shooter with RPG elements that features an …

Head over to the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, where you can find our take on the hottest games heading to retail in the next few months. This week, we take a look Codemasters’ Ashes Cricket 2009, a title the publisher hopes will reinvigorate the cricket genre. With the public’s interest …