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Publisher Sega plans to capitalise on a lack of core Wii software, with a line-up of new adult IP. Speaking to MCV, MD of Sega Europe North Alan Pritchard and UK sales director John Clark feels that the success of Red Steel and Resident Evil 4 shows there is room …
Read More »Gears 2 hits four million
Epic has revealed that Gears of War 2 has sold four million units worldwide in just two months. The figure means that the game has performed double that of the first title, which sold through two million copies in the same period. Global product manager Guy Welch told GameDaily: The …
Read More »European Wii sales hit 14.2m units
Nintendo has sold 8.3 million units of its Wii console in 2008, making it the largest annual home console seller in European history. The figure is a 58 per cent increase over 2007, and takes the total European Wii installed base to 14.2 million units. Nintendo’s DS also broke European …
Read More »Dara O’Briain to host BAFTAs
Irish comedian Dara O’Briain is set to host this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. As well as being a popular stand up comic, O’Briain has presented a number of TV shows including Live At The Apollo and Mock The Week. He is also a graduate of Dublin’s University …
Read More »GAME appoints new executive director
GAME has appointed Terry Scicluna as executive director, after joining the firm on October 15th 2008 as chief operating officer. Scicluna joined GAME from Alliance Boots, and has 30 years experience in retail. He has previously worked as managing director of UniChem and as COO at Alliance Pharmacy. He has …
Read More »REVEALED: UK console installed base hits 22 million
The total console installed base for the UK has leapt to 22 million year-on-year, up from 13.5 million reported in January 2008. The results were revealed in GAME’s Christmas trading statement, citing Gfk-ChartTrack data, which shows that sales of Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 consoles have jumped from 4.7 million …
Read More »GAME unveiled as BAFTA title sponsor
BAFTA has announced that High Street specialist GAME will be the title sponsor of the British Academy Video Games Awards 2009. The ceremony will be held on March 10th at the London Hilton on Park Lane, and GAME will be responsible for the only publicly voted award of the night …
Read More »JAPAN: FFXIII demo to ship with Advent Children
Publisher Square Enix has confirmed that a demo of Final Fantasy XIII will be included with the Blu-ray release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children in Japan. The news first appeared in Japanese gaming bible Famitsu. However, there are currently no plans to run a similar promotion in other territories. …
Read More »Eidos hit by sales downturn
Publisher Eidos has lowered its full year forecasts following slow sales of its big 2008 release, Tomb Raider: Underworld. The firm now expects full year revenue to be between 160m-180m, down from the previous guidance of 180m-200m. As a result, the publisher admits that it may have to talk to …
Read More »10m Live users shoot up COD4
Infinity Ward has unveiled a series of impressive Call of Duty 4 statistics, revealing that over ten million Xbox Live users have played the game since the title’s launch in 2007. The data, which was posted on the Infinity Ward blog IAMfourzerotwo, included a detailed break down on how many …
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