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The biggest film of the season could make LEGO Lord of the Rings one of gaming’s best-sellers this Christmas. Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment is working closely with its film colleagues to cross-promote the game with the first instalment in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. The buzz for The Hobbit: An Unexpected …
Read More »OPINION: COD’s numbers don’t matter, it’s COD culture that counts
Every conflicting statement about Black Ops II on the cover of this week’s MCV is true. Strip away the spin, pride or expectations and the numbers still make it clear. This was the best performing game of the year. Some quarters wondered – or hoped, even – that this might …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Triumph or disappointment?
Writing this year’s Call of Duty success headline was a complicated task. If we wanted to put a positive spin on things we could have gone with: ‘Call of Duty reclaims its crown as the biggest entertainment launch of the year’ or ‘Black Ops II is the fourth fastest selling …
Read More »Fighters of Capcom trademark registered
Capcom may be looking within for its next crossover fighting series. CVG reports the company filed a trademark for ‘Fighters of Capcom’ earlier this month. The patent was registered under "computer game software", downloadable game software", "electronic game programs for mobile phones and smart phones", "downloadable game program for playing …
Read More »Linux for Steam beta takes in 5,000 new testers
Valve has invited in 5,000 additional participants for the Linux for Steam beta test. The company explained things have progressed to the point where it’s ready to bring in a larger number of testers. We’re making good progress finding and fixing issues that our users have reported so we’re expanding …
Read More »21 year old lands FK Baku manager job on strength of Football Manager skills
Yes, it’s actually happened. ESPN reports that 21 year-old Vugar Huseynzade has successfully landed himself a job as the manager of Azerbaijan football outfit FK Baku’s reserves. Huseynzade, who was born in Azerbaijan and has studied in universities in Sweden and the US, was hired back in February in an …
Read More »GAME teams up with IGN for in-store events and online promotions
The UK’s leading games retailer GAME has announced a new partnership with IGN. The news was announced by Game Retail boss Martyn Gibbs at the retailer’s quarterly supplier conference today. The deal will see the pair work together on in-store promotional events and extensive GAME advertising across IGN’s network, that …
Read More »Football Manager vs the pirates
FM 2013 is Sports Interactive’s most ambitious game yet. And if it can stay piracy-free for a few weeks, next year’s title will be even greater. MCV discusses the game’s future with studio boss Miles Jacobson. You’ve introduced a cut-down ‘classic mode’ to this year’s Football Manager. Why do that? …
Read More »LGC: Did you miss anything?
There was plenty to learn at last night’s London Games Conference, and MCV is at hand to make sure you don’t miss a beat. 300 people were in the room for the sold-out event which included talks and presentations form some of the industry’s leading figures. Here’s a roundup of …
Read More »‘We’ll never spend any money on advertising Hawken’
The publisher of upcoming free-to-play game Hawken has vowed never to spend any money on advertising. Instead, the firm is splashing out on movies, novels, a web series, graphic novels and other ‘transmedia’ products to generate hype for its new first person shooter. That was the subject of Mark Long’s …
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