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The Entertainment Software Association has withdrawn its support for the troubled SOPA and PIPA legislation in North America. The trade body issued a statement of support earlier this month, saying that rogue websites restrict demand for legitimate video game products and services, thereby costing jobs” and that "our industry needs …
Read More »Gem hires new IT boss
Richard Fox has joined Gem as its new IT director. He joins the distributor and retail services provider having most recently worked at London-based IT distributor CMS Peripherals, where he was responsible for the company’s IT strategies and headed up the sales and commercial teams. Fox has also held similar …
Read More »HMV’s future secured by bank rescue package
Good news at last for HMV, as its banks have agreed to support the troubled retailer. The Group’s future has been in doubt for over 12 months, with the entertainment giant forced to sell its Waterstone’s and HMV Canada businesses. And its position wasn’t helped by yet another difficult Christmas …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Namco seeks product manager, top jobs
In MCV’s latest rundown of the industry’s hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Namco Bandaiis recruiting for a new product manager and we run through the hottest job opportunities. UK Product Manager needed at Namco Bandai The Japanese publisher’s UK arm is seeking to expand its product management team. The …
Read More »Anti-SOPA group League For Gamers gains support
Browser games studio Night Owl Games backing lobbyists
Read More »Indie puzzler seals XBLA Microsoft publishing deal
Tequila Works' debut title Deadlight to release on Xbox in summer
Read More »Ubisoft defends Anno 2070’s DRM
Publisher Ubisoft has once again been forced to defend the DRM it chose to implement in one of its PC titles. MCV reported earlier this weekthat strategy title Anno 2070 uses a limited activation system. This in itself is not uncommon but it transpires that if a user changes any …
Read More »Ubisoft takes UK Xmas crown
The pressure is on EA and Activision, as Ubisoft became the No.1 publisher over Christmas. The firm sold more games than any other during the festive period (November 27th to December 31st). Just Dance 3 (no.3) and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (no.6) were the firm’s top sellers for the month. For …
Read More »Games TV ads: The top ten publishers of 2011
We reveal the top ten games publishers which had the most watched TV advertising campaigns last year. Nintendo faced little opposition as it graced our screens every week of 2011. It advertised almost three times as many campaigns as second-placed Ubisoft, with each campaign on average achieving 235 TVRs. One …
Read More »PopCap axes 730,000-user Facebook game
EA PopCap has dropped ZipZapPlay’s Facebook game Baking Life, despite the title having almost three quarters of a million players. The free-to-play game will close at the end of the month. Users who have bought in-game currency using real money will not be able to use this in other PopCap-owned …
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