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A dedicated MCV Awards website is now live at www.mcvawards.com, containing everything you need to know about this year’s event, plus a video and pictures archive, all in one place. Sixty-three different companies from across the games industry are nominated for prizes at this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards, which …

The Serious Organised Crime Agency has closed down music website RnBXclusive.com and says those who used it could be fined and imprisoned. SOCA threatened users with an ‘unlimited’ fine and up to ten years imprisonment as it claimed the music site shared files that were ‘stolen from the artists’, resulting …

Global giants like EA, Activision and Ubisoft are present and correct in this category – along with break-out hits like Angry Birds PC, Zumba Fitness and Dead Island. Below you will find the finalists for the awards Digital Distribution Team, High Street Distribution Team, Sales Triumph, Sales Team and Games …

Activision gets a nomination for each award in the PR & Marketing category at this year’s MCV Awards. Thanks to either the work of its trade marketing, marketing and PRs teams, or big brands such as Modern Warfare 3 and Skylanders, the major publisher is putting up a big fight …

63 different companies from across the games industry are nominated for prizes at this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards. Activision leads the pack with 11 nominations – five for its break-out kids’ hit Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. EA closely follows with 10 nominations, including nods for EA Origin, Battlefield and FIFA …

Some of the biggest names in UK retail are going head-to-head in the MCV Awards retail category this year. Nominees this year include GameStop, GAME, Steam, EA Origin, Tesco and Amazon, who get nods for things including breaking out and growing online brands, power-house digital distribution stores and mainstream sales …

Cornwall-based video games caf Loading wants to open new bars in London. The outlet – which has produced a host of games-related drinks and held several club nights in its two years since starting up – is now seeking investors to help it grow across the UK. This investment would …

Five hours. That’s all you have left to nominate for this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards. This is your last chance tohighlight the work done by your colleagues, suppliers, customers, or even a rival, for their biggest achievements of the past year. And don’t forget to vote for your own …

Sony’s PlayStation Vita has overtaken its predecessor the PSp for the first time since its launch week in Japan. Andriasang reports that the handheld sold 18,942 last week – that’s over 3,500 more units than in the week before and almost 3,000 units more than the PSP, which sold 17,181 …

British publisher System 3 is making waves in Japan – by going digital. The firm’s new Japanese office – headed by Takeshi Shimizu – launched Ferrari: The Race Experience late last year. It was the publisher’s first release in Japan, it shot straight to No.2 in the PSN charts for …