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Despite a troubled start to its life, Nintendo’s 3DS has after just eight months on the market beaten the year one sales numbers of its predecessor the DS. In total the 3DS has now sold in excess of 2.37m units worldwide. The achievement will go some way to silencing critics …

Sony has announced that Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception sold 3.8m copies worldwide on its first day of release. The game hit UK retail on November 2nd and entered the charts at No.2 in its first week. This puts the title on track to be the biggest release in the series …

With Nintendo’s Wii U still in the early stages of development every aspect is still open to change, but for the time being at least it looks as if each Wii U will only be able to use one new touch-screen controller. "Our basic premise is that you can use …

With its UK launch nearly upon us, Nintendo has said that pre-orders for the 3DS are running at double the rate experienced with Wii back in 2006. A retail source has revealed to MCV that the pioneering motion-sensing home console received in the region of 65,000 pre-orders prior to its …

New first person shooter contender Homefront sold 375k units in its first day on sale in the US, publisher THQ has confirmed. "We are delighted with first day sales for Homefront and are already fulfilling re-orders for the game from multiple retailers," THQ boss Brian Farrell stated. By comparison, record …

The popularity of Blizzard’s MMO World of Warcraft shows no signs of abating with news that the latest expansion for the title has broken another record in the PC market. The developer has revealed that WoW: Cataclysm sold an amazing 4.7m units worldwide in its first month of release – …

The recent All Formats No.1 was just the start of what will become a long-term, highly lucrative and critically lauded relationship with Formula 1, Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has told MCV. It will also broaden the appeal of the game next year with releases for new handheld formats, plus a …

Bookmaker Paddy Power has opened the betting on the race to be the UK’s official Christmas No.1 video game, and the early favourite is perhaps not surprisingly Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. The company is currently offering odds of 1/6 on the game. So far it has only released …

Codemasters is pooling its resources to ensure that the next instalment in its highly successful Dirt franchise will trump last year’s smash hit, Dirt 2. Due to be re-released on June 9th, Dirt 2 has sold more than 1.7 million units worldwide since its launch back in September. It is …

Click here to access the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, where you’ll find our definitive guide to a range of recommended games set to hit retail over the next few months. This week we rock out with EA and MTV Games’ Green Day: Rock Band, the latest in a line of …