Publisher expects "solid sales and profitability growth in 2009" following a strong performance during the first nine months of the year.

Company purchases MMO firm in order to expand its business into the wider Asian markets.

Test programme aimed to drive sales of downloadable titles set to begin later this month.

While Nintendo’s console held a 60 per cent hardware market share through last year, it is “neck and neck” with PS3 in Japan in 2009.

Leading US retailer says Sony’s slimmed down home console and its latest handheld are showing contrasting sales momentum.

Retailers and analysts believe that Activision’s upcoming shooter will generate more than $500 million from first week sales.

Net income expected to decline by 81.6 per cent year-on-year due to a relatively weak release schedule.

Charity publisher reveals Zoe Mode's puzzle music game Chime, as well as planned titles from David Perry, Charles Cecil and Masaya Matsuura.

Tens of thousands of customers being granted access to the online TV service on a daily basis.

Company lists content partners and movie offerings ahead of the video on demand service’s launch later this month.

Pilot scheme offering Microsoft Points to active Xbox Live subscribers debuts in the US.

Content from the likes of Lucasfilm, Cinetic FilmBuff and ContentFilm International added to the PSN video on demand store.

Government agency terminates NetEase's application seeking approval for WOW and tells the operator to suspend charging users to play the game.

Centre's chief executive claims between five and ten per cent of parents or partners know of someone addicted to an online game.

President Satoru Iwata says new business model “is one option for the future”, but that it would lead to more expensive hardware.

SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida on the challenges of managing software support for multiple platforms.

Italian developer and UK distribution firm “reach an amicable compromise” over the rights to CID The Dummy.

Enterbrain reveals opening day sales for Sony’s handheld, and compares its early performance to that of the DSi and PSP-3000.

Nintendo lists lifetime sales figures for top Wii and DS games, with New Super Mario Bros. for DS closing in on 20 million.

Wii Fit Plus enters in second place, while DJ Hero makes a slow start, charting at 20.