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PopCap has officially revealed Plants vs Zombies 2: It’s About Time, adding that it will be on display at E3 ahead of its exclusive launch on iOS next month. Unlike its predecessor, PvZ 2 will be free-to-play; and while it will carry microtransactions for in-game items, PopCap states that players …
Read More »Report: Microsoft mulling internal shake-up
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly considering major changes within company management. AllThingsD brings word that the tweaking of the top brass would focus on turning Microsoft into a devices and services” company. Ballmer previously outlined as much in an October shareholders call: "This is a significant shift, both in …
Read More »Zynga hit with massive layoffs, multiple studio closures
Over 520 staff members at Zynga are set to be laid off, as the firm will reportedly shut down multiple studios in a restructuring effort. The cuts were confirmed by a post on the social game company’s official blog. The affected employees represent around 18 per cent of its global …
Read More »Zynga culls over 500 jobs
New York, Los Angeles and Dallas offices to close, sources claim
Read More »Tecmo Koei embracing free-to-play on console
Publisher to release free basic version of Dead or Alive 5 Unlimited on PS3
Read More »E3: The games from this generation that you’ve already forgotten
The tidal wave of new games announcements that characterise every E3 is very exciting, isn’t it? Well damn you because it’s Monday and we don’t like Mondays so we’re buggered if we’re going to let you sit there and be all excited and happy while we stare into the dregs …
Read More »Welcome to E3 2013 on MCVuk.com
Can you hear that noise? That creaking? That’s the sound of games journalists’ E3 meeting schedules as they break to bursting point as we near the biggest week of the year for the games industry. E3 2013 kicks off on Monday June 10th and promises a host of big reveals …
Read More »Atari dump excavation gets city approval
Movie company set to film documentary as it plots to uncover thousands of buried E.T. cartridges
Read More »Beyond: Two Souls release date confirmed by Sony
Sony’s intriguing PS3 exclusive Beyond: Two Souls has been issued with a concrete release date. The game will be released on these shores on October 11th. It hits North America on October 8th. Beyond follows in the footsteps of Heavy Rain, which was the debut PS3 release for French studio …
Read More »Fabled Atari ET landfill to be unearthed
It has become the thing of legend but now the myth behind famous Atari 2600 calamity ET: The Extra Terrestrial is to be explored. 1982 release ET has become the thing of legend. The game enjoyed a famously ramshackle development process that resulted in creator Howard Scott Warshaw being given …
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