
Ubisoft reports €495m Q3 sales
U Play racks up 1 million registered users via Assassin's Creed II, service to be rolled out across other titles

Riccitiello: Hardware price cuts came "too late"
EA boss cites first party delay in action as part of reason for 2009 weakness

March to be recovery month for games business
Hardcore titles to help drive growth in 2010, say analysts

Dragon Age: Origins ships over 3 million units
Expansion to game coming in March; EA lists fiscal 2011 releases

Gearbox: Developers can take risks with DLC
President of Borderlands studio talks up opportunity for creators and convenience for gamers
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Almaz Capital buys stake in casual games firm Alawar
Venture capital firm acquires 23% stake in Russian developer
Perry to keynote Festival of Games
Gaikai and Shiny Entertainment founder to discuss new cloud gaming platform
8 million register for Free Realms
New content key to encouraging interaction in free-to-play game, says SOE
FIFA 10 hits 9.7 million lifetime sales
EA football title just shy of major landmark as of the end of 2009
EA reports 25% revenue fall for Q3
But publisher slashes losses compared to previous year; headcount reduction "two-thirds" complete
Unity inks three-year LEGO deal
All web-based content to benefit from Unity tools
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EyeToy's creator says getting price points, games and technology right is "not trivial"
Championship Manager Online to close in April
Publisher to "re-focus" football franchise; lack of players/features blamed
Final Fantasy, Batman boost Square Enix profits 48%
Eidos property performs well alongside role-playing franchises and Advent Children movie
Mass Effect 2 remains UK number one
Games holds off competition from Just Dance; Dante's Inferno charts at 4
Local politics hits World of Warcraft China again
Latest issue causes new registrations to be suspended over Burning Crusade content
Bungie saddened by Xbox Live switch off
Halo developer proud of online achievements, rallies users for one last fight on April 14
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