The Australian government’s Classification Board refused classification for THQ and Vogster Entertainment’s CrimeCraft due to in-game “drug use related to incentives or rewards,” effectively banning the gang-based MMO shooter from sale in the country. In CrimeCraft, players create, trade, and…

Nintendo says American consumers bought more than 1 million units of its Nintendo DS and DSi portable consoles during the week of the Thanksgiving holiday, along with more than half a million Wii consoles. The company’s sales numbers apply to…

Twenty percent of total video game spending in the U.S. goes toward MMOs and game portals, primarily for monthly subscriptions and online credits, according to a new international study. Home and handheld consoles comprise 57 percent of the nation’s gaming…

Digital distribution service Direct2Drive is disputing claims made by competing digital storefront owner Stardock, which recently claimed its Impulse service is second in market share only to Valve’s Steam — but Stardock is restating its initial claims. “Stardock’s recent assessment…

[Every week, Gamasutra sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent -- and increasingly exciting -- portable games platform, as written by editor in chief Danny Cowan and authors Louise Yang and Jonathan Glover.] This…

Ubisoft today revealed it is developing a new Prince of Persia game, titled The Forgotten Sands, for consoles and handhelds. The game, scheduled for release in May 2010, will revisit the storyline of the popular 2003 Prince of Persia game…

When new motion control technologies launch for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3, Ubisoft will be ready with a significant slate of titles. CEO Yves Guillemot revealed the publisher’s preparations for new input devices today on Ubisoft’s fiscal first…

With first-week sales of Assassin’s Creed II up 32 percent over the previous title, Ubisoft says the game is likely to beat expectations — but for the first six months of its fiscal year, the company reported a € 78…

French game developer Quantic Dream has never made secret its ambitions to bring true narrative meaning to video games. 2005′s intriguing Indigo Prophecy (a.k.a. Fahrenheit) expressed the direction that the studio wanted to take, and with the upcoming PlayStation 3…

Sports Interactive and SEGA have released a new update for Football Manager 2010, now available for download on Steam.
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