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Booya for Ouya, bender on Slender and minger for Zynga. Which roughly translated means that it’s been a great day for Ouya, a bad day for the MCV journalist forced to play horrific indie title Slender and really not the best 24 hours for Zynga. This is the news. Codemasters …
Read More »Epic opens new dev house Impossible Studios
New Maryland-based office staffed by a number of former Big Huge Games employees
Read More »The many faces of EA: Laura Miele, EA Games
In the third of our four EA interviews, EA Games marketing boss Laura Miele discusses Dead Space, Need for Speed, Medal of Honor and Battlefield 3 How was E3 for EA Games?We did something interesting this year in that we waited until E3 to announce Dead Space 3, Need for …
Read More »CSR Racing creator to share secrets at F2P Summit
Developer behind iOS success appearing at one-day conference
Read More »Sega and THQ – ‘We WILL be at Gamescom’
It’s just a matter of days until big German games show Gamescom – but it’s proven to be plenty of time for Sega and THQ to have a change of heart about missing the event. The two publishers, which had originally announced they would not be going to the show, …
Read More »OPINION: Microsoft and the Xbox 720 guessing game
The thing is, it’s not really Microsoft’s fault. It’s ours. Earlier this week MCV lamented Microsoft’s compulsion to lie to us all about an admission from its general manager Brian hall that the New Xbox is a ‘thing’. We lamented the necessity of lies in corporate culture. We lamented being …
Read More »ADD TO YOUR BOOKMARKS: Did You Know Gaming?
A lot of us like to think we know a thing or two about gaming. Then you read a site like Did You Know Gaming? Anyone who has an interest in the hobby – particularly those who have been around a few years – is bound to find the site …
Read More »Games retailer puts his three-store chain on eBay
Three fully-fledged, profitable North American game stores for $3.5m? That’s the deal being offered by Florida resident Shane Butcher, who has, in his words, put his American dream” life up for sale on eBay. For their money punters will receive three R U Game stores, both of Butcher’s homes, three …
Read More »Download the 88-page MCV Gamescom special now
Our bumper 88-page Gamescome edition of MCV is now available digitally. This week’s edition is filled with content, including interviews with two senior Activision execs, plus a closer analysis of Grid 2, Resident Evil 6 and Tom Raider. That’s on top of the latest charts data from Chart-Track, the PlayStation …
Read More »Gamescom 2012: The Essential Guide
Heading to Cologne next week? Make sure you’re full prepared with our comprehensive guide to the world’s biggest games show. The full five-page guide, including maps of Koelnmesse and a full exhibitor list, can be found in this week’s issue of MCV – available to download here. In the meantime, …
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