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Mojang’s smash hit Minecraft has eclipsed the 7m mark for units sold on its original platform alone. The PC sales figure is just the latest in a string of significant milestones for the title, which smashed XBLA records when it debuted on the 360 earlier this year. More than 7 …
Read More »Konami scraps Silent Hill HD patch due to "tech and resource issues"
The issue of gamers’ consumer rights has once again hit the headlines after another publisher abandoned plans to patch a product that has already been sold to consumers. Konami has announced that despite releasing a patch for the PS3 version of Silent Hill HD Collection, it has abandoned plans to …
Read More »Minecraft selling 17,000 copies a day on Xbox 360
Mojang expecting to more than double profits from last year, says studio MD Carl Manneh
Read More »Grid 2 ‘will set new standards for racing games’
Codemasters has finally lifted the lid on the next game in its acclaimed Grid series. Grid 2 will launch on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC next year. It was unveiled to the games press last week and was shown running on PC, giving the media a brief glimpse at what …
Read More »Beyond Good & Evil HD coming to retail
Ubisoft is bringing Beyond Good & Evil HD to the High Street as part of a new digital triple pack. The publisher’s Xbox Live Hits Collection features the acclaimed Michel Ancel adventure, as well as popular 2011 XBLA hits From Dust and Outland. Now if all that sounds familiar, it’s …
Read More »Microsoft exec outs Xbox 720
Windows GM Brian Hall lets slip that console is coming in wave of new products
Read More »Mass Effect 3 Leviathan DLC, Firefight Pack detailed
EA has officially announced new add-ons for Mass Effect 3. First up, after several unofficial reveals, the Leviathan DLC was finally confirmed by the company during its Summer Showcase. The new content will focus on Shepard hunting down a mysterious being said to be powerful enough to destroy a Reaper. …
Read More »Final Modern Warfare 3 DLC dated
Activision has released details on the last batches of extra content for last year’s best-selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Two more Content Collections will be released in August and September. Each will be made available on Xbox 360 first, with PS3 and PC versions following a few weeks …
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD moves 120k copies in first week
XBLA sales for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD are off to a solid start. The update to the skateboarding series racked up 120,000 copies sold in its first week, Josh Tsui of Robomodo told Gamasutra. Tsui added that sales have remained consistent since the game’s launch thanks to good word …
Read More »Microsoft to open new Xbox studio in London
Console giant joins wave of games development studios expanding in UK capital
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