Stories by: Dave Rudden

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December game sales rankings: Black Ops nukes competition 14/01/2011 11:24:00

As expected, Call of Duty: Black Ops continued its sales dominance during the final month of sales in 2010. Read on to see how other Black Friday blockbusters fared against December's new releases and the rest of 2010's top games in the December year-end NPD report.
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Dead Rising 2: Case West 07/01/2011 13:44:00

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero was one of 2010's unlikeliest success stories. What many originally perceived to be nothing more than a glorified demo ended up becoming a sales juggernaut that cunningly served as a selling tool for the retail version of Dead Rising 2.
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Back to the Future: It's About Time 07/01/2011 10:06:00

When games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, GoldenEye 007, and Batman: Arkham Asylum come out to great critical acclaim, I'm almost always hit with a twinge of jealousy.
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Super Mario All-Stars 17/12/2010 13:37:00

The original Super Mario Bros. came out just over 25 years ago on the Nintendo Entertainment System. While many believe that that game and many of its follow-ups were timeless in their original incarnations, it took Nintendo less than eight years to remake it.
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20% of the US plays social games 24/08/2010 07:13:00

The NPD has released the results of a recent study, revealing that 20 percent of the respondents had played a social network-based game at least once during the prior three months. Read on for more results of the study.
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Fable III to release alongside controller-tattoo bundle 14/08/2010 07:58:00

As per tradition, Microsoft is celebrating the launch of a new iteration of one of its biggest Xbox franchises by introducing a limited edition controller. Unlike some we've seen for other titles, however, this one actually looks cool.
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Sony to create a smartphone with PSP Go-like features? 12/08/2010 09:50:00

The company's PSP Go hardware iteration may not have won many fans over, but Sony's Ericsson division is reportedly creating a cell phone that will utilize many of the platform's strengths to create a new mobile gaming device that the upcoming iteration of the Android engine.
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Activision Blizzard exceeds quarterly earnings expectations 06/08/2010 07:40:00

Activision Blizzard reported its financial results for the quarter-year ending on June 30, noting that it has exceeded its earnings expectations, and that online revenues surpassed retail earnings for the first quarter ever. The company also revealed that True Crime: Hong Kong will not see release until 2011.
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Uncharted 2 & BioShock 2 get multiplayer patches 29/07/2010 05:32:00

With the bountiful slate of holiday shooters about to be unloaded on the gaming public, two older but still popular games are sprucing up their multiplayer modes to make the most of the brief time remaining before the onslaught. Read on to find out how BioShock 2 and Uncharted 2's multiplayer modes are being patched.
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Fairytale Fights creator Playlogic files for bankruptcy 29/07/2010 03:27:00

Playlogic, a development and publishing company that released its largest scale game this year in the form of Fairytale Fights, has filed 'surseance van betaling' -- the Dutch version of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Capcom, Namco Bandai developing Street Fighter-Tekken games 27/07/2010 01:14:00

At Comic-Con, Capcom and Namco Bandai announced their next major fighting games, as the former company will be creating Street Figher X Tekken while the latter while be developing Tekken X Street Fighter. In single-universe news, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike will have have an online edition released.