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Fans of Farming Simulator can now keep up-to-date with simulation games via a new magazine. Specialist boxed PC game publisher Excalibur has launched World of Simulations, a quarterly 4.99 publication that arrives later this month. It will be sold in computer outlets across the UK and in other territories including …
Read More »Sell-out expected for Jonah Lomu Rugby
England may have been unceremoniously dumped out of the World Cup, but rugby fever continues this Friday with the release of Alternative Software’s Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge. MCV understands that the Xbox 360 and PS3 title has seen almost its entire day one allocation accounted for by pre-orders, pointing to …
Read More »Celebrate 25 years of Ubisoft with MCV
Ubisoft, one of the world’s premier video game publishers is 25 years old, and MCV has put together a special magazine to celebrate. MCV subscribers received their copies of the magazine last week – but from today everyone can read the 24-page supplement online or download it via the MCV …
Read More »Newell: Consoles must cease isolating developers
System manufacturers 'are the rent guys who drive their partner margins to zero'
Read More »‘Limited November launch’ for PlayStation Suite
PS Vita and PS3 support to be added later on, company claims
Read More »Microsoft swoops for Gunstringer dev
Microsoft has acquired Twisted Pixel, the Texas-based indie studio responsible for XBLA games such as Splosion Man. Financial terms of the buyout were not disclosed. Twisted Pixel will now incubate and develop the future of game and entertainment offerings on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 platform”, Microsoft said. The Austin-based studio will …
Read More »GMA 2011 FINALISTS: Coverage in a National Newspaper
There are two weeks to go until the biggest night of the year for the UK’s games media. In the run-up to the big event on Wednesday October 26th at Vinopolis, we’re providing a series of features profiling those media brands and individuals in the running for an award. The …
Read More »Microsoft acquires Twisted Pixel
Splosion Man group 'will help drive innovation across Xbox Live and Kinect'
Read More »Zynga to establish new standalone platform
Social gaming powerhouse Zynga has unveiled plans to take its games beyond Facebook to a dedicated online portal. Currently titled Zynga Direct, the new platform will be a standalone community separate from Facebook that will act as a hub for all of the company’s titles, according to Gamasutra. It claims …
Read More »iPhone 4S tops 3m pre-orders
Around 3m customers have pre-ordered the upcoming Apple iPhone 4S in less than one week. Bloomberg Businessweek reports 3m units of the new smartphone may be sold in its first weekend on sale, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky. That would be almost double the number of iPhone …
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