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Sony has sold almost four million units in the UK alone. The platform holder expects to hit this sales milestone within the next few weeks, having seen strong hardware sales throughout the past year. The PS3 passed the three million sales mark last January, meaning a healthy one million units …

Sony has revealed a new bundle for the March release of Move-specific platform titles PlayStation Move Heroes. Called the PlayStation Move Heroes Bundle, the $99.99 SKU will include a copy of the game, one Move motion controller and a PlayStation Eye camera. The bundle will be exclusive to Toys R …

Phenomenal pre-order demand means Nintendo will have to bring more 3DS stock to the UK than it did for day one of the Wii launch. MCV understands the format holder is beefing up manufacturing and replenishment plans to ensure it doesn’t face retail-worrying shortages. Pre-orders are already outpacing Wii’s total …

Lobby group looks to expand; eyes web designers, graphic designers, writers

Nintendo’s biggest UK launch ever will push 3D into the mainstream when its new handheld arrives on March 25th. Full details will be published in MCV soon, but we understand that 3DS will be Nintendo’s biggest launch of any kind in the UK. Nintendo expects that 3DS will be the …

Around 30 games will be released for 3DS within weeks of the handheld’s launch. Third-party support for the device will be a lot stronger than on previous Nintendo platforms. Ubisoft has already promised eight games at launch. Other confirmed titles include Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer, Tecmo Koei’s Dead or Alive …

As has been clear to see on MCVuk.com’s release schedule for several weeks now, Sony PS3 shooter Killzone 3 will be released in the UK on February 25th. The UK release date is just a few days after the US arrival on February 22nd. The US PlayStation blog also reports …

Sony has announced on the PlayStation blog that PS3 racer MotorStorm: Apocalypse will be released in the UK on March 16th. Notably, the release comes some way before the game is due to arrive at US retail on April 12th. The third instalment in the MotorStorm series, the first of …

The latest numbers from US games tracker NPD have shown that the US video games market declined 5.7 per cent year-on-year in 2010. This means that of the world’s leading video games markets the US market declined less the least. The Japanese market shrank by nine per cent in 2010 …

EA has confirmed that racer Shift 2: Unleashed will be released in the UK on March 25th. It will be released in mainland Europe the day before and in North America the following week on March 29th. The publisher is also inviting punters to pre-order what the new trailer describes …