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To celebrate the roll-out of its Q4 releses, Activision Blizzard is offering one lucky reader the chance to win a copy of its full slate. Titles included in the bumper package include Spiderman: Web Of Shadows, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Crash: Mind Over Mutant, 007: Quantum Of Solace, TransFormers: The …

Pinpointing the reason for the insatiable popularity of Nintendo’s Wii is a tough ask. Certainly the unique functionality, inventive marketing and the explosion in casual gaming has boosted the system, but perhaps one of the biggest reasons for the console’s enduring success is the inclusion of Wii Sports. The game …

New Star Wars title The Old Republic will take the form of a story-driven MMO set in the timeframe of previous hit Knights of the Old Republic, LucasArts and Bioware have revealed. While the official statement from LucasArts does not reveal an expected release date, it does outline the plot, …

This week’s official GfK-ChartTrack/ELSPA listings are out – and Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 has taken the top spot ahead of its bitter rival FIFA ’09. While EA’s mega-selling football franchise takes second spot, it’s an impressive first week for THQ’s gangster title Saints Row 2, which is the second …

HMV has confirmed its entry into the pre-owned games market under the Re/Play brand. It will be officially launched on Friday 24th October with an extensive marketing campaign featuring national and consumer press. MCV was first to reveal HMV’s plans in the pre-owned space back in June after the appointment …

Girls Aloud, Jamie and Louise Redknapp, Fern Britton and husband Phil Vickery and Ronan Keating’s family will all star in Nintendo’s new marketing campaign. The push kicks off from October 27th. Nintendo describes the latest line-up as Natural choices in light of their appeal to a wide range of audiences …

Games journalists must hear this all the time. And I doubt it gets any easier defending their noble profession to those toiling at the tax office or selling insurance for a living. Clearly, games journalists get an awful lot of perks – press trips, free games and other tat, PRs …

Konami’s biggest marketing spend ever will help Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 become the fastest-selling title in the franchise’s history, the publisher has told MCV. The title touches down at retail today (Friday October 17th), and to coincide with its retail release Konami has embarked on a promotional campaign worth 2 …

Ubisoft became the first ever publisher to outsell Nintendo on DS in the UK last week – challenging the belief that third parties can’t succeed on the Japanese company’s consoles. Nintendo has been the dominant software publisher on the console in terms of units since the DS launched on March …

Warner Bros has increased its stake in Eidos parent SCi Entertainment to 16.13 per cent. However, Warner’s representative non-executive director at SCi, Kevin Tsujihara, has quit his post. Warner has increased its stake in SCi by five million shares to 42 million shares.