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The latest iteration of Multiplay’s i-Series takes the competitive gaming event to a new venue: Telford International Centre. i43 will take place over the August bank holiday weekend (Friday, August 26th to Monday, August 29th) and will see gamers battling in a range of tournaments for money, games and hardware. …
Read More »GMA Hall of Fame: Dave Cook
MCV talks to the previous winners of a Games Media Award. This week, NowGamer’s Dave Cook talks to MCV about life as a games journalist. How did it feel to win a Games Media Award last year? Unexpected as always. I thought my first win back in 2008 was a …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 to cater for the colour-blind
One of the most high-profile game series of the past ten years is to introduce a new mode for those affected by Colour Vision Deficiency. Sledgehammer Games, the co-developers of Modern Warfare 3, said a new feature added to the FPS would help those with a decreased ability to perceive …
Read More »Free to play titles take charge of Apples App Store
The growing momentum of free to play games is not just taking over the MMO market – it’s also taken control of Apple’s App Store marketplace. TouchArcade has word from the latest Flurry report which shows that free-to-play games now account for 65 per cent of the total revenues from …
Read More »15 new Anonymous suspects arrested
Following a string of 33 separate raids across Italy and Switzerland last night, 15 suspected members of hacking group Anonymous have been arrested. Ars Technica reports that 14 suspects have been detained in Italy and one, who is known as ‘Phre’ and described as a ‘leader’ of the group, in …
Read More »Origin on iOS mirrors Xbox Live feature set
Publisher EA has for the first time detailed exactly how its freshly launched content portal Origin will work on iOS. The system bears more than a passing resemblance to Microsoft’s Xbox Live. And it won’t support Apple’s Game Centre wither, with EA clearly hoping to forge its own network of …
Read More »Green Man Gaming teams up with The Sun for free game giveaway
Online digital retailer Green Man Gaming is offering free PC games through today’s issue of The Sun. The firm has provided voucher codes to the tabloid, which can be redeemed for three games at greenmangaming.com. The codes are available at The Sun’s website, and the promotion is expected to reach …
Read More »Ultimate guide to games retail in this week’s MCV
The latest issue of your weekly MCV is now available to read online, on iPad and iPhone. This week’s edition features an essential guide to the UK’s games buyers, as well as interviews with Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg and 2K Games boss Christoph Hartmann. Registered members can read this …
Read More »Introducing MCV Gametime
In a new weekly feature, we look at the overall advertising activity for video games on TV. This is provided by specialist communication firm Generation Media which focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. In week one we take a look at the year-on-year weekly marketing dynamics from January 1st …
Read More »Burnout Crash finally smashes into view
Publisher EA has at long last officially revealed the much rumoured Burnout spin-off Burnout Crash and if nothing else it’s certainly a radical departure for the IP. Crash ditches the destructible 3D visuals players of the previous games’ crash junctions are used to in favour of a more cartoonish top-down …
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