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Mats Nylund has been appointed editor of MCV Nordic, a new business site for the local games community. Covering Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, MCV Nordic will launch on Monday March 12th. It will address all aspects of the industry, from publishing, retail and distribution to games development, iOS, …
Read More »Steamworks chosen for Borderlands 2
PC edition of the game requires Steam authentication, Gearbox reveals
Read More »E3 ties with MCV as event media partner
A partnership has been signed between this year’s E3 and MCV. The agreement is part of the LA event’s ever-growing reach, with its aim being to attract more accredited retailers and media from outside the US. Across our different formats, MCV attracts a combined professional and elite gamer readership of …
Read More »GAME summit WAS positive, insists suppliers
The recent developments at GAME flies in the face of a ‘successful’ supplier meeting last week. The event is subject to a strict NDA but MCV has been told that CEO Ian Shepherd delivered a ‘brave and compelling’ speech, leaving 100 execs with a plan on how they can help …
Read More »PS4 to ditch The Cell processor?
The next iteration of Sony’s PlayStation console will not feature the much-touted Cell processor, according to new reports. The Cell was the famous love child of former PlayStation boss Ken Kutaragi, who believed its expensive development would be rewarded by its eventual use in more or less every aspect of …
Read More »EA-GAME drift is "temporary", retailer asserts
GAME has told its shareholders that it’s current trade stand-off with EA is temporary” and that both parties are in discussions to bring it to and end. "Today the Group confirmed that it will not be stocking a small number of titles from one supplier, Electronic Arts, during March and …
Read More »Borderlands 2 PC using Steamworks
2K Games has announced that all editions of Borderlands 2 on PC will rely on Valve’s Steamworks suite. Developer Gearbox will be using Steamworks’ capabilities for multiplayer matchmaking, Steam Cloud storage, achievements, auto-patching, releasing DLC, and more. Valve’s service also works effectively as a simple DRM system for the game. …
Read More »Minecraft dev Mojang hires community members
Minecraft developer Mojang Specifications has acquired some new employees straight from its own community to help enhance server support for its massively popular sandbox title. The new hires were selected from the Minecraft community; specifically, the top four developers of Bukkit, a community-based group focused on Minecraft server implementation. [The …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection #1 hits Xbox Live this month
Activision has revealed Xbox Live release dates for the first of four Modern Warfare 3 content collections, with Call of Duty Elite premium status members scoring a chunk of the DLC a week early. Content Collection #1 brings the Liberation, Piazza, Overwatch and Black Box maps for multiplayer, along with …
Read More »Toshihiro Nagoshi named SEGA chief creative officer
Toshihiro Nagoshi, who headed up the teams that launched the Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza series, has been promoted to chief creative officer. Sega is in the midst of a major shift in its corporate structure upon the retirement of its chief operating officer, Okitane Usui. The executive will leave …
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