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Read More »New trailer for Star Wars Kinect
A short new trailer for the long-awaited Star Wars Kinect game has gone alive ahead of its anticipated reveal and Microsoft E3 press conference on Monday night. The video, which can be seen below, sees the feisty R2-D2 getting familiar with a Kinect camera. For more details on the game, …
Read More »INDIE FOCUS: MyMemory
The slowdown of games sales and increasing competition in the games market has led many indies to branch into other areas. But MyMemory went the other way. The technology and memory specialist began stocking video games in a bid to increase its revenue. Our main business was originally flash memory. Obviously …
Read More »INDIE FOCUS: Games Centre
You’ve grown to a chain of six stores. What do you attribute this success to? Probably the staff, the buying team, working closely with publishers, keeping a tight rein on finances, ambition, and just a general passion for the industry. You make it sound easy. How simple is it to …
Read More ȣ1m TV campaign for Red Faction
THQ is spending 1m to get sci-fi lovers excited about Red Faction: Armageddon. Cinema advertisements will run from May 30th to July 7th, with spots appearing around screenings of X-Men and Green Lantern. A new Red Faction film, subtitled Origins, will air on TV channel SyFy shortly after the Xbox …
Read More »New 3DS bundles incoming
Publisher Ubisoft and platform holder Nintendo will this October release a 3DS hardware bundle containing portable titles, MCV can reveal. According to the information, which comes from a leaked release schedule from a leading distributor, the pair will on October 1st launch a new SKU containing the console as well …
Read More »Supplier hints at Project Cafe camera
Californian tech firm OmniVision has confirmed that it has won a lucrative contract for work on an upcoming games console. Though no such confirmation is given, the conclusion that nearly everyone has jumped to is that the company will be supplying camera devices for Nintendo’s Project Cafe, which will be …
Read More »Gameloft MMO makes $1m in 20 days
Smartphone games specialists Gameloft say its new mobile MMO game has generated over $1 million in revenue after just twenty days since release. The MMORPG, called Order & Chaos, has the potential to generate far more, however, by virtue of its subscription-based model. Order & Chaos is available for an …
Read More »IGN appoints games editor
Keza MacDonald has joined IGN UK as games editor. She will start on Monday, June 13th and report to UK editor-in-chief Alex Simmons. MacDonald is a highly experienced games journalist, having written for The Observer, Edge, Eurogamer, Official Nintendo and VG247. She has also acted as a consultant for ad …
Read More »Epic Games steps into Europe with new hire
Mike Gamble revealed as new European territory manager
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