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Ubisoft has at last lifted the lid on one of this year’s potentially biggest hits – Assassin’s Creed III. The game will be released on October 31st and will, as rumoured last week, be set amidst the American Revolution, spanning from the days of the wild frontier and hectic battlefields …

The upcoming August NPD figures will be the first to factor in the effect of the global PS3 price cut, but one analyst firm has said that it won’t be enough to dethrone the Xbox 360. Sony cut the cost of the console by $50 last month. IndustryGamers reports that …

Joint sales of Pokemon Black/White reached 1.08m copies on their first day of release in the US, Nintendo has announced. The numbers make it the most successful day one ever for a new Pokemon title in the territory, beating the previous 780k record laid down by Diamond/Pearl in 2007. Black/White …

The total value of the US games market hit $1.22bn in September, down from the $1.32bn seen in the same period the year before. Hardware was the largest victim, with revenue down 19 per cent year-on-year at $383m. Console software was down six per cent at $614m while unit sales …

An anonymous American company has completed the purchase of Project Myworld from collapsed studio Realtime Worlds, Develop can reveal. The move has permanently split Realtime Worlds into at least two segments – with numerous potential buyers eyeing up scattered portions of the company that are still deemed profitable. It is …

Ubisoft’s long-awaited Splinter Cell: Conviction has emerged as the best selling game in April in the US market, according to numbers from NPD. Its 486.1k sales place it above the likes of Pokemon Soul Silver (242.9k), New Super Mario Bros Wii (200.3k) and Pokemon Heart Gold (192.6k). Sony’s PS3-only God …

A restructure right at the very top of leading global publisher Activision has seen the company split into four units – one handling Call of Duty, another dealing with internally owned IP such as Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk, a third working on licensed properties and a fourth comprising independent …

Hot on the heels of news that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 enjoyed its best ever February in the US last month, Nintendo has announced that its twin-screened portable has managed the same feat. The DS sold 613k units in the time period – its previous best February was in 2009 when …

Following the trend set by video games hardware sales in the US last month, software sales suffered a 15 per cent year-on-year decline with the total February value hitting $624.4m. Year-to-date software sales are down 14 per cent at $1.22bn. However, if there is a champion to emerge from the …

Codemasters has this morning told MCV that talk of an impending closure of its US office is incorrect, though it has confirmed six job losses at its Californian operation. Consumer website IGN last night reported that Codemasters had laid off the marketing staff at its American operations and will soon …