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EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has said that E3 2012 is the first chapter in the next-gen story. The sentiments precisely echo those published by MCV earlier this week, which itself was a reaction to the strongly negative response to this year’s platform holder presentations. "It’s fairly natural, like with …

Danish developer IO Interactive has apologised to those who were offended by its recent trailer for Hitman: Absolution. The short, which featured Agent 47 taking out a group of sexually provocative killer nuns, elicited a strong reaction from some consumers and parts of the games press. They were uncomfortable with …

Bethesda has let slip that Skyrim fans may get a crack at the new Dawnguard DLC in a matter of weeks. Bethesda’s Game Director and Executive Producer Todd Howard explained that while it’s not set in stone, the Elder Scrolls V add-on is currently set to arrive on the Xbox …

Nintendo has announced 3DS tactical RPG Fire Emblem: Awakening will arrive in North America. The publisher popped up on Twitter with the reveal, following no mention of the title at their 3DS showcase at E3. No release target, pricing or other relevant info was unveiled, but Nintendo has promised ‘more …

Angry Birds Space has topped 100m downloads since its launch in March. Rovio announced the achievement today through their twitter account. The game reached 50m downloads just over a month ago, which suggests the game has lost very little of the traction it’s had since the title’s launch. With seemingly …

After the Xbox E3 press briefing, MCV took the time to speak with the CMO of Mircosoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, Yusuf Mehdi. Mehdi came out of the Online Services Business, and has been in the new role working on Xbox for 7 months, and delivered a talk during the press …

MCV recently got the opportunity to sit down with Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios, to talk about the brand at E3. How important is it for Sony to push unproven concepts? Is it something done to demonstrate what the console is capable of achieving? From my perspective, it’s …

Origin opts for long-term strategy over mass sales

Mobile monetisation big challenge for developers

Industry insight or wishful thinking? Global games retail giant GameStop believes that the PS4 and Xbox 720 won’t incorporate pre-owned blocking technology. Since the turn of the year separate rumours have suggested that both the Next Xbox and the PS4 would utilise methods to either prevent gamers from playing games …