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Around the network - mid Februrary finagaling

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:25:00 GMT

A fine selection of the best from gaming this week.
We're approaching the mid-point of the shortest of months, but with Valentine's day to negotiate next week it's probably not a good time to take your eye off the ball if you want to stay in your sig other's good books. Still, Vita will be with us before the end of the month, so distract yourself from a weekend of desperate shopping with some fine reading matter from our friends and colleagues on Games Radar and the three Official titles who have been cooking up some fine gaming fare for you to enjoy. So enjoy!

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Japan: Resident Evil beats new chart entry Soul Calibur V

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT

While 3DS comfortably leads weekly hardware sales.
Resident Evil: Revelations topped the Japanese software chart in its second week of availability, holding off competition from new release Soul Calibur V.

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Hirai: 'Sony must buckle down or we'll be in serious trouble'

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:08:00 GMT

Incoming CEO Hirai fed up of facing "one issue after another" at the electronics firm.
Sony's next CEO says he faces his toughest challenge yet in attempting to turn around the company's fortunes.

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Banks throw GAME a lifeline

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:36:00 GMT

Lending agreement enables firm to continue trading, but overseas stores may still be sold.
GAME has been thrown a lifeline by its banks that will enable the retailer to continue trading.

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GAME reviewing overseas business

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:09:00 GMT

Retailer's future appears uncertain as credit discussions continue.
GAME is considering the future of its overseas operations in talks with its lenders.

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Sony posts £1.3 billion quarterly loss

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:39:00 GMT

PS3 price cut and higher than expected marketing costs hit the PlayStation business.
Sony has posted a net loss of 158 billion yen (£1.3 billion) for its third financial quarter ended December 31, 2011, compared to a profit of 72.3 billion yen (£559 million) a year ago.

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Japan: Armored Core beats Resident Evil to No.1 spot

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:16:00 GMT

While 3DS leads hardware sales and Vita overtakes PSP.
The PS3 version of From Software's Armored Core V debuted at No.1 on the Japanese software chart for the week ended January 29, one place ahead of fellow newcomer and 3DS exclusive Resident Evil Revelations.

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Killer7 Retrospective

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT

Catch up with was one of the legendary 'Capcom Five'...
With its aggressively esoteric premise (an elite band of assassins co-exist in the shattered mind of their wheelchair- bound mentor? Okaaaay) and manga-meets-brutalism visuals with more than a slight whiff of S&M, it's easy to write off Killer7 as, well, y'know, a bit of an oddball.

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Japan: 3DS continues to dominate sales

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:56:00 GMT

While PS Vita slips to new weekly low.
Weekly Japanese hardware sales dropped for most consoles during the week ended January 22, as 3DS continued to dominate and PS Vita once again failed to make much of an impression.

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FIFA 12 is UK's highest grossing sports game ever

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:24:00 GMT

EA's footy title sets more records.
FIFA 12 has become the highest grossing sports game in UK history.

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Around the network: mid to late January blues edition

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:56:00 GMT

Here's the very best in gaming from our erstwhile colleagues and friends.
It's coming to the end of January now and 2012 hasn't so much kicked off with a bang as a whimper. Still we trust in better times ahead, hoping that that ancient Mayan bloke simply mislaid his chisel rather than actually predicting that the world would end in December. Still, even if he was right that leaves nearly eleven months of solid gaming to go before the apocalypse and we might even have finished Skyrim by then. In the meantime our esteemed colleagues and friends have found plenty to write about in the world of gaming and here's their finest selection of goodies from this week.

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Around the network: late January blues edition

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:56:00 GMT

HMV may reduce focus on games as sales decline

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:23:00 GMT

Competition from online rivals and supermarkets leads firm to rethink its games offering.
HMV could scale back its focus on selling games following a disappointing Christmas trading period.

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GAME Christmas sales fall 14.7%

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:26:00 GMT

CEO labels 2011 an "incredibly tough" year for the market.
The GAME Group has reported a year-over-year sales decline of 14.7 percent for the eight week Christmas period ended January 7.

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Vita sales hit 500k, PS3 shifts 3.9 million during holidays

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:19:00 GMT

6.5 million PlayStation systems sold over the festive period.
Sony has announced that PlayStation Vita has sold half a million units since launching in Japan on December 17.

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Vita sales hit 500k, PS3 shifts 3.9m during holidays

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:19:00 GMT

Xbox 360 topped US December sales - analysts

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:28:00 GMT

3DS and PS3 fight it out for second place.
Games industry analysts have weighed in with US sales predictions for the month of December 2011, ahead of the NPD Group's expected release of official market data this Thursday.

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Around the Network: 2012 New Year edition

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:51:00 GMT

The very best of gaming on the web.
Welcome to the first Around the Network of 2012, if you don't know the drill by now, it runs thusly: charming, intelligent and ridiculously good-looking as every member of the CVG team is, we're not the only ones doing games you know. On no, not by any means, we have plenty of esteemed (though slightly less attractive) colleagues, earnestly beavering away on the very best gaming has to offer, solely for your delectation and here are the finest things they've uncovered this week. Welcome to the year of gaming which we call 2012!

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UK industry revenue down 13% in 2011

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:18:00 GMT

But boxed product market slightly ahead of earlier forecasts in "a challenging year".
UK video game software, hardware and accessory sales totalled £2.52 billion in 2011, down 13 percent from the previous year, according to GfK Chart-Track data released today by industry trade body UKIE.

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Win! Massive gaming Xmas book bundle

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:57:00 GMT

Old Republic, Uncharted, BioShock and Deus Ex novels up for grabs.
Eyes swimming from turkey and mince pie overdose? Blurred by an excess of EastEnders and real family in-fighting? Played so much Old Republic that you're starting to feel the Force in uncomfortable places?

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Around the network

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:41:00 GMT

The best in gaming in the week before Xmas.
Need some deeper reading about some of the great games stuff you've encountered on CVG, well look no further as we have a host of splendid stablemates producing quality features, insightful pieces and general goodness on this thing we call gaming. Here's what they've been up to this week.

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CVG Poll: Superhero movie of the year

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:03:00 GMT

Don your mask, cape and let us know.
Superhero movies, one of our preferred ways to expend an idle hour or two, your second favourite thing to do apparently (after gaming mind, keep it clean) and the subject of today's CVG random spot poll.

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Resident Evil 3: The number one survival horror series' best game?

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMT

A look back at one of the genre's finest...
For many gamers, the Resident Evil series begins in a rural part of Spain with old-timers croaking at Leon Kennedy while trying to part his hair with a spinning hatchet.

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US Xbox 360 sales doubled PS3's in November - analysts

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:27:00 GMT

Monthly Wii sales expected to be somewhere in between.
Games industry analysts have weighed in with US sales predictions for the month of November, ahead of the expected release of NPD Group's official market data this Thursday.

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Mario Kart Wii U: What we want to see

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:00:00 GMT

This is our list, but what do YOU want to see?.
Nntendo's Wii U is expected some time in 2012, and since there has traditionally been a Mario Kart for every console, we're sure the Wii U will get its very own version soon after.

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