Update: According to Microsoft, Minecraft has sold more than one million units globally on Xbox Live Arcade since its release five days ago.

Minecraft now holds the record for most Xbox Live day-one sales, snatching the title from Trials Evolution.

The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft became profitable within an hour of being offered for sale on XBLA, Mojang’s Markus Persson tweeted.

 

The final match-up of season two of the Global StarCraft League is to be live-streamed in an Auckland bar courtesy of BarCraft NZ.

The event will run from 7:30pm until midnight at Bluestone Room, with the Korea-based final kicking off on a projector at 8pm.

Entry is free, StarCraft-themed drinks will be available, and $1000 worth of prizes will be dished out over the course of the evening.

Inside the Diablo III Collector's Edition is a treasure trove of materials for the Diablo fan. There's the game DVD, of course, but that's just the beginning:

Behind The Scenes DVD and Blu-Ray DVD two-disc set:

 

Supernatural assassin action game Dishonored will be available in New Zealand on October 11, Bethesda has announced.

Developed by Bethesda Softworks’ Arkane Studios by co-creative directors Raphael Colantonio and Harvey Smith, Dishonored will be released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC.

“We are pleased that Dishonored has captured people’s attention,” said Vlatko Andonov, president of Bethesda Softworks, adding that a hands-on build would be present at E3 next month.

Dishonored is set in Dunwall, an industrial whaling city where steampunk-inspired technology and otherworldly forces coexist in the shadows.

 

Raf Colantonio (left) and Harvey Smith, Arkane Studios.

Such esteemed company – the legacy of Deus Ex and System Shock...

Harvey Smith: It's worth nothing that I was only a tester on System Shock, that was the very beginning of my career. Raf and I both tested the game when we were with Electronic Arts. But to be fair, the team is fantastic, those guys at Looking Glass – we learned so much from them. We both got into the industry because of Ultima Underworld, their previous game. We're big fans of those games.

Has the development been a fairly organic process?

 

Geralt of Rivia is back, pissed-off as usual, and he’s coming to an Xbox 360 near you.

The good news is that the only bugs standing in his way can be dealt to with just a few mighty swings of his silver sword.

Based on Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski’s cult fantasy series, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition is CD Projekt RED’s first foray into the console market. Arriving almost a year after the embittered, genetically-engineered medieval exterminator made his return on PC, the 360 port is replete with gameplay fixes and over 10GB of extra content, including four additional hours of gameplay, new characters, and 36 minutes of new cinematics.

 

Sony's Consumer Products and Services division has suffered an operating loss of ¥229.8 billion (NZD $3.67 billion) for the full year ended March 2012.

The division turned a profit of ¥10.8 billion (NZD $172 million) in 2011.

Sony has cited a PlayStation 3 price cut and declining PlayStation 2 sales as major contributors to the overall figure.