What you missed over the holidays

Wii sold at rate of 17 units a second on Amazon
While it was in stock, at least. The online retailer releases it figures and confirms what we all knew anyway -Wii is selling like hot cakes. Makes us wonder why more business aren't set up solely to cook and distribute hot cakes. Hmmm...

Games industry's record-breaking year
On a similar note,UK sales were HUGE last year, surpassing even 2006's record-breaking turnover. More and more people are taking up gaming as a pastime and the result is a healthy, thriving market. Whether said market can sustain such growth is debatable... but for now, let the good times roll.

Xbox Live throws a week-long wobbly
If you fired up your Xbox 360 for some Xbox Live action over the Christmas week, it's likely you encountered some problems with the network. But it'sbeing worked onand things are already much better. Major Nelson kept in touch with the gamers as the team worked. Through the holidays. Kudos to them. There is evena chance some form ofcompensationwill arise too...

Duke Nukem Forever teaser trailer emerges
OK, so there doesn't seem to be any gameplay inthis trailer- the first we've seen of the game in ages. Nor does Duke actually look that well rendered. Buuuut... it's at least an indication that something's happening on the Duke front. So that's good.

Above: Duke has been working out for a decade. No wonder he's so muscle-bound

Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.