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Black Bean Games’ rally racer WRC 3 will hit UK shelves this October on PC, consoles and PS Vita. It’s the latest official game of the 2012 FIA World Rally Championship and has once again been developed by Milestone. The title has a new graphics and game engine, as well …
Read More »GAME applies for Stock Exchange cancellation
Shareholders holding out hope that they might yet recoup the value of their losses have received some bad news this afternoon. The GAME Group has today requested its complete removal from the London Stock Exchange. "Further to the announcement of 21 March 2012 and the appointment of PWC LLP as …
Read More »MCVuk.com breaks traffic records
MCV Onlineattracted over half a million readers and over 2m pageviews in March, hitting core consumers as well as trade. MCVuk.com posted a record-breaking 506k unique users during the month, with pageviews also hitting a record-breaking 2m for the period,according to Google Analytics data. In short, MCVuk.com affirmed itself as …
Read More »UKIE expresses relief at GAME acquisition
Games industry trade body UKIE has unsurprisingly welcomed the news that GAME has been saved from administration by retail turnaround specialist OpCapita. Baker Acquisitions’ purchase of UKIE member, Game’s UK assets is a very positive move for the UK games industry,” UKIE CEO Dr Jo Twist stated. Not having a …
Read More »Three Nippon Ichi PS3 RPGs headed West
Cult RPG developer Nippon Ichi has announced plans to bring three Japanese RPGs to the Western PS3 market. The first, called The Witch and the Hundred Kings, is internally developed and will receive a full-blooded retail release. This will be joined by the Compile Heart developed MugenSouls. Also on the …
Read More »Ten studios collaborated on Kinect Star Wars
More than 200 developers worked on upcoming Xbox 360 title
Read More »Vegas shooting range invites gamers to try real Call of Duty weapons
You buy all the games, you subscribe to Elite, you have a COD branded baseball cap and you question the sexuality of underage boys online. But what next? Surely there’s another way you can prove your devotion to all things Call of Duty? Yes! There is. You can pay Machine …
Read More »Runescape begins first microtransaction experiment
Credits for popular minigame can be earned through achieving in-game feats or paying cash
Read More »Super Meat Boy jumping to iOS
Team Meat promises 'feature length touch controlled platformer specifically designed for touch devices'
Read More »GAME: A history in headlines
While GAME’s recent tumult has dominated the headlines, it’s easy to forget the many other times GAME has surprised, pleased – and occasionally dismayed – the trade. And MCV reported on pretty much all of them.MCV dug through the archive to recall the twists that built a respected retail powerhouse.. …
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