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Whilst the North American beta continues to impress on the other side of the Atlantic, Microsoft has announced that the UK version of Xbox Live multiplayer quiz show 1 vs 100 will be released in the UK on July 10th. The game, which was initially due to be released alongside …

He may be the dominant global force in world golf, but Tiger Woods has failed to muster the form needed to knock fellow EA title Fight Night Round 4 from the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 debuts in second spot, ahead …

Nintendo is determined to shatter the sales records set by Wii Fit with the release of Wii Sports Resort. Wii Fit topped the UK All Formats chart 16 times in total – including a string of seven weeks in a row at No.1. Wii Sports Resort is tthe biggest launch on …

Carphone Warehouse has told MCV that there are no plans to bring the trade-in ‘vending machines’ seen in Best Buy US stores to the UK. The kiosks are currently being trialled in Best Buy outlets in Dallas and Austin, and are similar to machines that appeared in Wal-Mart in May. …

Some good news for Blu-ray at last. New numbers from the British Video Association show that 3.1m of the hi-def discs have been sold so far in 2009 – that’s a 231 per cent increase on the same period last year. The knock-on has of course been a dip in …

Further evidence that the UK government is listening to its games industry emerged earlier today, with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport asking the industry to provide evidence for a culturally based tax break system. That letter you can find on MCV’s sister site, Develop, by clicking here.

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Following confirmation that the US 360 edition of Ghostbusters will be region free, retail does not expect a rush to cash in on imports owing to the game’s UK PlayStation exclusivty. The game debuted at number four in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week. Though there is …

The reign of EA’s The Sims 3 at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 is over, with Activision Blizzard’s free-roaming superhero romp Prototype climbing one position to claim its crown. Activision’s title, which is the first from the publisher to grab the top spot in 2009, …

Staff at O2 and Carphone Warehouse stores across the UK this morning arrived at work to find queues on the street as eager punters battled to become amongst the first to get their hands on Apple’s shiny new iPhone 3GS. In other news, O2 has claimed that over half of …