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Some Christmas traditions don’t last forever – and Skyrim has smashed the eight-year grip Electronic Arts and Activision has had on the Xmas No.1. Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls game held the top spot after rocketing to the top of the charts last week, just 15,000 units ahead of Just Dance 3. …
Read More »Amazon’s Kindle selling 1m units a week
Kindle e-book readers are apparently the hot gift this Christmas with Amazon reporting that the firm sold a million of the devices every week. The world’s largest online retailer also said that the Kindle Fire remained the top selling product on Amazon.com since it was introduced 11 weeks ago. Amazon …
Read More »Social studio Bossa predicts ‘horrible premature death’ for Vita
Vita will suffer a horrible, premature death” if it doesn’t open up to multiplatform accessibility, Bossa co-founder Henrique Olifiers has claimed. Olifiers said that the UK studio would not develop games for consoles because of their closed systems, and believes manufacturers would suffer in the long run if they did …
Read More »RUMOUR: Microsoft replaces lead Xbox design boss
Xbox design manager Don Coyner has been replaced as the lead for Microsoft’s next-gen console, according to reports. Cnetclaims two sources who work for Microsoft said that Coyner is no longer leading the design and experience group for Xbox. The sources also said that Coyner has been replaced by general …
Read More »OPINION: Why Miyamoto SHOULD retire
Last Thursday was the perfect storm in a teacup for games websites. For a few moments, mere minutes really, Shigeru Miyamoto – creative genius behind almost everything that Nintendo is known for in the modern world – was calling time on an enviable career. Wired declared he was ‘stepping down’ …
Read More »MCV AWARDS: Lobbying opens for marketing and industry prizes
Momentum is building for the tenth anniversary April 19th MCV Awards. Today we’re opening the lobbying for our PR & Marketing and People & Industry categories, after last week revealing details of the improved Retail category plus the new date. The MCV Awards returns in April, but takes place at …
Read More »Twist promises swift work for UKIE
The new CEO of UKIE says the trade body will push even harder on skills and improving the UK games industry. Last week the organisation confirmed Dr Jo Twist – departing commissioning editor for education at Channel 4 – will become UKIE chief exec on January 9th. I originally had …
Read More »100m downloads and counting for Mac App Store
Over 100 million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store since its launch in January earlier this year. The milestone for the Mac store comes after the huge success of the App Store for iOS, which currently has more than 500,000 uploaded apps and has seen more than …
Read More »Future of Stalker developer ‘uncertain’
Stalker developer GSC Game World is on the brink of closing its doors after saying that ‘nothing is certain’ about its future. The Ukraine-based studio responded to earlier reports about its closure via Twitter stating that it was in fact still in business, but unsure for how long. We will …
Read More »New toy sets confirm LEGO Batman 2: Super Heroes
Artwork printed inside a new range of LEGO Super Hero toys confirms LEGO Batman 2 is in development for Wii, 3DS, 360 and PlayStation formats. LEGO’s new Super Hero line of building sets begins are due to official release in 2012, but some US retailers are already stocking them. The …
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