Game industry business news

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will, as everyone had suspected, be released worldwide on November 8th. The online arm of retailer GAME is now carrying a splash page for the game. Customers can also pre-order the title. A number of other retailers have opened pre-orders, too, including ShopTo …

Every attendee at this month’s upcoming Monetising Mobile event will receive a report from MCV’S sister site ME. Called Mobile Payments 2011, it normally costs 39.99. Monetising Mobile: Exploring Opportunities in Mobile Payments is hosted Mobile Entertainment and takes place on Wednesday May 25th at BAFTA in London. That’s next …

Phil Harrison has joined the advisory board of cloud-based game streaming service Gaikai. According to the company, his involvement in Gaikai’s operation will help ‘disrupt the way games are discovered and enjoyed’ by consumers. Harrison, general partner at London Venture Partners and former president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios …

SCEE has confirmed that inFamous 2 will be released in the UK, Ireland and Germany on June 10th. It will hit other PAL territories on June 8th. A number of different SKUs have also been announced. The Lenticular Special Edition will include an assortment of digital extras, including the Electrocution …

This year’s press conference at Gamescom 2011 will be streamed live online, organiser Koelnmesse has confirmed. The live stream will go live at 12:30pm GMT on the afternoon of Thursday June 16th. Those wishing to register for the conference can do so here. "Cologne’s trade fair grounds will once again …

NCsoft’s profits are 41 billion Won (23.3m) for Q1 2011, a 33 per cent increase over Q4 2010. However, year-on-year that marks a 30 per cent decrease. In terms of sales, NCsoft generated 155 billion Won (87.9m), a two per cent decrease quarter-on-quarter and a year-on-year decline of seven per …

The review embargo for Rockstar’s LA Noire has finally been lifted and the game is on track to be one of the highest rated of the year. At the time of writing the game has a 91 per cent average on Metacritic. "There’s something entrancing about the way this game …

Let’s be clear. Sony could have announced last night that all PS3 and PSP owners were to be given 1,000 in gold bullion personally signed by Brad Pitt, free PS3 games for life, a trip to two to Mars and free handjobs from Yano Shiho and people would have still …

PlayStation Store to open floodgates following jammed release schedule

The Australian government should keep PSN out of bounds until it has been given a full brief about the new security measures implemented by Sony, one security expert has claimed. The calls echo news that the Japanese government has blocked public PSN access until it is satisfied that adequate steps …