From NPD (via Joystiq):
According toleading market research firm The NPD Group, Canadian first quarter retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories dipped nearly 8.5 per cent year-over-year.  The figures represent the first-ever decline in sales since NPD first began tracking the category in 2002.
The portable hardware and console hardware categories showed [...]

From Gamasutra:
Ubisoft is already preparing for new hardware, CEO Yves Guillemot said alongside the company’s full year results announcements today.
"We need to get ready for the future generation of consoles," he said emphatically on the company’s conference call to investors and analysts. "In the next few years, there will be new home and [...]

From CGDigg:
Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the upcoming release of Studio 5, a new version that brings stop-motion animation to its existing wide array of animation capabilities.
Rebranded to reflect the various styles of animation and positioned as mastering all animation techniques. Ideal for hobbyists, educators and students, Studio 5 enables users to [...]

From Gamespot UK (via Joystiq):
Fresh-faced development studio Eidos Montreal is currently hard at work on its inaugural project, Deus Ex 3, but that doesn’t mean it’s incapable of multitasking — according to an ad in the upcoming issue of Edge Magazine, the studio is set to reveal its second project on May 11, which [...]