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Later this monthMobile Entertainmentwill publish a brand new list of the rising stars in UK mobile – and here’s an opportunity for you to recommend yourself, a friend or colleague. 30 Under 30 is a prestigious new ranking fromMobile Entertainment,and will recognise achievements by the younger movers and shakers in …
Read More »UPDATE: South Park co-creator: Stick of Truth censorship is "stupid"
The co-creator of South Park has attacked Ubisoft for its decision to censor South Park: The Stick of Truth in some regions, including Europe. We weren’t going to change the content, so we’ve written little cards to explain what is going on, what they’ve censored, and made a joke out …
Read More »Jack Tretton to leave Sony at the end of March
SCEA president and CEO to leave PlayStation maker this month after more than 17 years
Read More »When Twitch Played Pokémon – MCV speaks to its creator
Last month an online game launched which took the gaming world by storm. Over 16 days, the title was played by over 1.16m gamers and watched by almost 10m people. At its peak, 121,000 people were watching it simultaneously. The game? It was the 1996 Game Boy classic, Pokmon Red. …
Read More »Infamous: Second Son pre-orders higher than Last of Us
Sony has revealed that Infamous: Second Son has more pre-orders than last year’s blockbuster The Last of Us had at the same point prior to launch. The upcoming super hero title is Sony’s first big PlayStation 4 game of 2014, and the publisher is putting a lot of money behind …
Read More »Naughty Dog refutes Hennig departure tension claims
Amy Hennig was in no way forced out” of developer Naughty Dog. The original report revealing the writer’s departure had claimed to have word from sources that Hennig was ‘forced out’ by The Last of Us leads Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley”. These reports have now been strongly denied. Earlier …
Read More »Wii U version of Watch Dogs is "still alive"
Ubisoft insists that the Wii U versions of Watch Dogs is still in development. In January reports emerged claiming that the Nintendo SKU had been cancelled – claims that were later denied by Ubisoft, although not until over two weeks after the event. Watch Dogs was given a May 27th …
Read More »PopCap senior manager Bilas joins GameAnalytics
Denmark-based company GameAnalytics has announced the appointment of PopCap’s Allison Bilas as its new vice president of product. Bilas joined PopCap in 2010 as a social games business analyst, later rising to become senior manager of the studio’s game analytics department. She’s credited for several titles, including Bejeweled Blitz and …
Read More »The Last of Us live-action film adaptation in the works
Naughty Dog’s PS3-exclusive title The Last of Us is being adapted into a live-action film for the big screen, with Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures production company on board to produce. Deadline reports The Last of US creative director Neil Druckmann is attached to write the film’s script, and Sony …
Read More »Disney Interactive lays off one quarter of its workforce
Disney Interactive has laid off more than 25 per cent of its workforce as part of major restructuring, the company has confirmed. It was reported nearly a month ago that Disney was preparing to layoff several hundred” employees, and it seems the info was spot on – specifically concerning Playdom. …
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