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Another notable figure has dripped out from the NPD group following its August report. A company rep told Joystiq that Sleeping Dogs 172,000 copies at US retail across PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms during the month. The news comes after it was revealed Darksiders 2 sold 247,000 total copies at …

EA is open to developers experimenting with ideas, says Karl Magnus Troedsson

This year’s edition of Build Your Own Game (BYOG) will be held during November’s Game Developer Conference, NASSCOM has announced. Organised by NASSCOM and Indie GameDev India and supported by Intel, the three-day sprint will be hosted by the DSK Supinfocom College for Game Design. Last year’s event saw 63 …

Thorughout September, MCV’s is publishing interviews with key execs from across the industry as part of our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM. Today, we chat to Louise Powell, Nintendo’s trade marketing manager, about how her role differs from that of traditional marketing. How would you summarise your …

EA has revealed that The Hunt Map Pack for Medal of Honor: Warfighter will allow gamers to compete online in a locations based on the real-world hunt for Osama Bin Laden. The former leader of terrorist group Al-Qaeda was killed by American special forces in May 2011. Now EA has …

Zynga has partnered with MMO icon Richard Garriott for the launch of his studio’s new social game Ultimate Collector. The title is already available on Facebook in the form of a Limited Beta. It is developed by Portalarium, the studio founded by Ultima Online Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott. The …

The iPhone 5 will launch in the UK on September 21st, according to online reports. The new handset will be revealed to the world in the late hours of Wednesday afternoon (September 12th) via an exclusive event in the US. Geeky Gadgets claims to have word from more than one …

A lot of content was 'thrown over' from the PS2 by developers to the handheld, says marketing VP

It’s not just one of the greatest pre-order incentives of all time, Hitman Sniper Challenge could also become a game in its own right. Developer IO Interactive told MCV the success of Sniper Challenge has been ‘crazy’. And the mode has even influenced what it is doing within Absolution. People …

Talks about the proposed buyout of Valve at the hands of EA HAVE taken place, a new report claims. Although it sounds as if the possibility of such a sale remains incredibly slim. The New York Times reports that Valve has been pursued over the years by Electronic Arts, which …