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Microsoft this evening has confirmed to MCV that the Xbox 360 has sold over 10m units across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This makes it the only console format to have seen year-on-year sales growth across the territories this year the firm says. The news comes ahead of another …

Gem has signed a deal with Paramount to distribute two blockbuster movies via memory stick. In November, retailers will stock USB sticks containing the latest Star Trek movie, as part of a deal between picture company Paramount and distributor Gem. Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will also retail …

So we all know that Modern Warfare 2’s arrival this week has propelled its brand and developer into the straosphere – but what do the successes mean for parent firm Activision? Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian offers a look at the future potential of the publisher… Our positive investment …

Not yet sick of Modern Warfare 2 sales numbers? Good, Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian has more. He reckons that the Call of Duty franchise will in 2009 break the $1bn worldwide sales revenue, putting it in the same league as other Activision Blizzard properties World of Warcraft and …

Modern Warfare 2 made a total of $310m in sales revenue across North America and the UK in its first day on sale. According to the latest figures from Activision, the game sold a whopping 4.7m units in the two territories across 24 hours. The news comes following confirmation that …

Microsoft yesterday cut off up to one million 360 owners playing on modded consoles from Xbox Live. According to newspaper reports this morning – including a front page on Metro (pictured) – the platform holder has cracked down on gamers that have ‘violated their terms of use’. The Guardian reports …

Eager fans are counting down the minutes until Square Enix Europe unveils the latest Final Fantasy XIII trailer at the game’s official site. And the unveiling will bring with it, the publisher says, some big news about the title. The hotly-tipped RPG has been in development for a number of …

Activision sold 1.23 million copies of Modern Warfare 2 in the UK on the game’s first day on release, MCV can reveal. Incredibly, that’s double the number GTA IV sold through in its first 24 hours on shelves – making MW2 by far the fastest-selling video game in UK history. …

ELSPA has vowed to throw the book” at individuals that pirate games software and sell it to consumers this Q4. Speaking to MCV, ELSPA director general Michael Rawlinson said that the body’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (IPCU) was already trawling the streets and the internet” to clamp down on criminal …

Every person working in the UK’s games industry will be able to tell by now that we’re heading into the busiest time of the year. But as the legitimate area of the industry gets busier, so does the pirate business. Our IP crime team is out there – the Intellectual …