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The boxed DS release based on the massive Moshi Monsters brand – Moshlings Zoo – will hit UK shelves on November 11th. As previously reported by MCV, the title will be co-published by Activision and Moshi creators Mind Candy. It’s the first boxed Moshi Monsters video game. The monster-collecting franchise …

Rajat Taneja has quit his role as corporate VP of commerce at Microsoft and joined EA as global chief technology officer. He leaves his role as corporate VP at Microsoft’s commerce division after 15 years working at the computer giant. He will now be responsible for driving critical technology decisions …

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard has confirmed that Diablo III will not be released this side of Christmas. In actual fact, the game is now expected to be released in the still somewhat speculative early 2012” timeframe. As a result the game’s closed beta period has been extended, with the …

A fascinating new war game in development at Australian studio Defiant Development will see gamers give up their guns and instead pick up their cameras. Warco – short for ‘War Correspondent’ – tasks players with entering the battlefield completely unarmed aside from their camera. Once escaped from the conflict gamers …

Video gaming is a world of absolutes. Live or die. Win or lose. Whether you work in the industry or are a consumer, the market conditions us to think this way. We expect a world where a single franchise will dominate each genre, no prisoners taken. Digital is tipped to …

Those looking forward to the next iteration of Apple’s world-conquering smartphone might have to wait a little longer. DigiTimes reports that the eagerly awaited iPhone 5 may be delayed after a problem has been detected with some of the device’s touch panels produced by Wintek. The site’s sources claim a …

Shares across the US and Europe were in free-fall yesterday amid warnings that the global economy had entered a danger zone. Publicly traded games companies, from Electronic Arts to Activision, were victim to a global sell-off that saw the main indexes in the UK, Germany and France fall about 5 …

Former VP leaves after 15 years at computer giant

This week we take a look at recent TV advertising activity for games and find out which campaigns have been most successful. This information is provided by specialist communication firmGeneration Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. Games and consoles TV advertising saw a week-on-week decline for the first …

PlayStation Vita owners will still be able to enjoy multiplayer games with PSP owners across an ad-hoc connection. A Sony website states that anyone who downloads a PSP title on their Vita via PSN will still be able to use the multiplayer functions with both other Vita users and those …