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Despite failing to set the world alight upon its release in 2008, Nintendo could yet release a sequel to Wii Music, lead designer Shigeru Miyamoto has confessed. Earlier last year Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata confessed that Wii Music has not achieved its true potential” and that it is unfortunate that …

The speedy and seismic shift towards digital retail that has enveloped the music sector is unlikely to be replicated in the games industry according to Take-Two CEO Ben Feder. While an ever-growing segment of our fans are comfortable with acquiring content digitally, the retail channel will continue to play a …

Britain’s largest independent music publisher Chrysalis is to focus on the games industry following the completion of an 11m acquisition of First State Media Group. The deal sees it win the rights to some 45,000 songs from a diverse range of artists, and Chrysalis says it hopes to make its …

During its post-fiscals conference call, Activision became the latest publisher to ring the death knell for big-bundle, hardware-based music games. The firm will release just two console games in 2010, across 10 SKUs. Music games accounted for 25 SKUs in 2009, when it launched the likes ofGuitar Hero 5 and …

The creators of market rivals Guitar Hero and Rock Band have insisted that the future is bright for the music games genre, with the rising prominence of user-created content driving continued success. Throughout 2009 sales of music games fell by nearly 50 per cent to $1bn in North America. I …

The audio specialist on the merits of a satellite studio in the capital

Over two million PS3 owners have downloaded the music streaming app VidZone. And the team behind the service say they are helping to attract thousands of new users to the platform – even giving comparable services like Spotify a run for their money. More than two million users have signed …

Hit music video streaming service VidZone has seen its PS3 client downloaded over 2m times, VidZone Digital Media has confirmed. In addition, the service has now delivered over 200m videos to its many users spread across 18 countries. There’s more information on this story over on CasualGaming.biz.

The latest albums from the Black Eyed Peas, Cheryl Cole and Susan Boyle can now be bought at GAME stores. The retail chain has begun stocking Top 20 CDs as Christmas stocking filler items, with the range currently found in 200 outlets in the UK and also at GAME.co.uk. The …

It has been revealed that none other than the late Michael Jackson was involved in the creation of the soundtrack for Sega’s classic 16-bit console platformer Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The admission comes from composer Brad Buxer in an interview with Black & White, as spotted by Spong. I’ve never …