Has the marriage of inconvenience between retailers and publishers reached a turning point?

Wedbush Securities' Michael Pachter estimates Rockstar's still-unannounced game has already cost publisher $80 million to develop, puts Max Payne 3 creation cost on par.

Ragnar Tornquist divulges details on (almost) everything you'd want to know about the upcoming supernatural MMORPG The Secret World.

Microsoft adds slice-'em-up to XBLA on Wednesday; Mortal Kombat adds Freddy Krueger character; Driver: SF and Madden NFL 12 demos now live.

Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia says if ongoing labor dispute continues, softer sales of NBA 2K12 could result, costing publisher millions.

Wedbush's Michael Pachter expects this week's sales data release to show July software, hardware sales down 7 percent; NCAA expected to lead pack with 800,000 sold.

By-mail rental service rolling out PC, Mac client this holiday season, offers "unlimited PC play" with 1,5000 games for subscribers; beta starts September 8.

L.A. Noire developer's assets scooped up by Mad Max director's multimedia production firm; all employees offered jobs with acquiring outfit.

Seb runs through the latest on the Twisted Metal delay, and rumours of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on the PS Vita.

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