The spotlight once again falls on Direct2Drive, which is in the second week of its big Spring Sale. The deals are actually pretty ridiculous, featuring steep cuts on Total War, Grand Theft Auto IV and others. Read the original here: All the Best Weekend Deals From Around the Internet for 04/23 –...

With Jason West and Vince Zampella long gone, the bleeding is continuing unabated at Infinity Ward. Read this article: Infinity Ward Exits Continue, Four More Depart Modern Warfare Developer

Nintendo fans looking forward to Metroid: Other M and Sin & Punishment: Star Successor are going to have to wait just a bit longer. Read the original here: Confirmed: Sin & Punishment and Metroid: Other M Delayed

Sega has reorganized its business and moved all administrative work to London, cutting 73 jobs in the process. According to Sega West president and CEO Mike Hayes, the cuts were to eliminate duality within the company – that is, different employees doing the same job twice Here is the original...

While hardware sales in Japan skewed more towards handheld games this last week, software sales are a different story altogether. According to the latest Media Create numbers, games for all major platforms — yes, including the Xbox 360 — made appearances in Japan’s list of best-selling...

Avatar , the James Cameron movie, was a smash-hit and broke box-office records worldwide. Avatar , the video game, was much less successful . Wired reports that movie producer Jon Landau blamed 20th Century Fox for the game’s poor sales performance at a recent keynote on 3D gaming Read the original...

The latest Japanese hardware sales figures are in, and portable gaming continues to rule the retail landscape overseas. Link: DS Tops Japanese Hardware Sales Charts

Ubisoft has registered a few new domain names that appear to hint at the titles of a couple of new upcoming sequels: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Driver: San Francisco . As Superannuation noticed ( via VG247), assassinscreedbrotherhood.com, driversanfrancisco.com, and laserhomebattleground.com...

Sega was hit today by 73 layoffs as part of a business reorganization that will see the company focusing more on social and digital games. Read the rest here: Sega Switches Focus to Downloadable Games, Lays Off 73

Despite the company’s increased focus on digital and downloadable games (and subsequent layoffs ), Sega’s business still relies primarily on traditional console and PC games. Speaking to 1UP, Sega president Mike Hayes — who oversees both the U.S. Read the rest here: Sega President:...