(All nominees listed; winners bolded) Family Game of the Year -Boom Blox -LittleBigPlanet -Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party -Rock Band 2 -Wii Fit Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year -Advance Wars: Days of Ruin -Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 -Sid Meier’s Civilizations Revolution -Sins of a Solar...

US gaming industry sales climb 13 percent to $1.33 billion, led by Nintendo’s fitness trainer; Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty, World Tour, Skate 2 among other top sellers. Earlier today, the US Commerce Department delivered the semi-shocking news that total retail sales for January rose 1 percent,...

Withdrawn from sale: Amazon.com has stopped selling RapeLay, in which players have to stalk and rape a family of women In Rapelay, gamers direct a character to sexually assault a mother and her two young daughters at an underground station, before raping any of a selection female characters. The...

Release lineup begins to pick up as headliners join D3’s beat-’em-up Onechanbara, trippy PSN release Flower, and 3 on 3 NHL Arcade for XBLA. January is typically a drought month in the gaming industry, and that proved to be no different this year. February isn’t usually known for its...

What we heard: Today, $150 million of Midway’s total $240 million debt load came due, and as the publisher expected, it was unable to meet the obligations owed to creditors. As a result, Midway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, allowing the Chicago-based publisher to reorganize its debt structure...

Xbox LIVE Arcade release is side-scrolling shoot ‘em up classic R-Type Dimensions. Excellent news! The original R-type possessed the sort of mega-tough gameplay that made playground legends of those with lightning reflexes and gibbering wrecks of others. Retro-hounds will be pleased to know that it’s...

Fans of first-person-shooting against the backdrop of WWII will be jumping on their chairs at today’s news of a Bad Company sequel and Battlefield 1943. ‘Total destruction’ is expected in the newest missions facing our heroes in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The game is currently in production for...

Electronic Arts is bringing the iconic US equivalent of Action Man to all consoles including DS and PSP, arriving to coincide with the live-action film this summer. It is described as ‘an over-the-top action adventure video game that will thrill gamers as well as G.I. Joe fans.’ The G.I. Joe videogame...

Platform holder takes a leaf out of Apple’s book with new North American retail channel Microsoft is to open a chain of branded stores across North America. The initiative is to be headed by the former worldwide product distribution boss at DreamWorks Animation, David Potter. Details on the stores...