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Just days after Realtime Worlds’ ambitious open-world MMO APB finally hit UK retail, the developer has stated that it’s intending to revisit several core elements of the game. The claims follow what was a turbulent run-up to release that saw the game receive a battering from critics. Even before the …
Read More »Pre-owned app heading to iPhone
Fast-growing pre-owned games specialist Game Trading Technologies has lifted the lid on a brand new iPhone app that will allow users to monitor the price of their games collection and easily locate the nearest store where they can trade their titles in. Called GameBook Mobile, the app allows iPhone or …
Read More »New PES 2011 video
Publisher Konami has released a brand new video for PES 2011 that outlines a number of the new gameplay features that will be introduced in the next version of the cult sports franchise. Chief amongst them is customisable feints – a system that will allow users to map specific tricks …
Read More »ELSPA director promoted at anti-piracy coalition
ELSPA’s director general Michael Rawlinson has been promoted to vice chairman of the Alliance Against IP Theft. The Alliance is a UK-based coalition of 20 associations and enforcement organisations that work to protect the industry’s IP rights. Rawlinson has been working with the organisation as treasurer for two years. With …
Read More »Kane & Lynch gets early release
Publisher Square Enix has announced that it has brought forward the release date of Xbox 360, PS3 and PC action title Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days in both Europe and North America. The game will now hit UK and European retail on August 20th and will arrive in the …
Read More »â??Mobile gaming will beat consoles within a yearâ??
Develop 2010: Fishlabs CEO predicts big things for the mobile games industry
Read More »Casual XBL games claim 5% of sales
Casual games cover about a third of the Xbox Live Arcade catalogue, yet their total sales make up just a fraction of the digital market. That was according to data revealed today at the fifth annual Develop Conference, where a developer of the PSN title Joe Danger bared all on …
Read More »City celebrates Sniper success
City Interactive will up shipments of its FPS, Sniper Ghost Warrior, after it broke into the Top Ten last week. The stealth FPS is City’s first major Xbox 360 and PC release, and hit shelves last Friday. It reached fifth place in the Xbox 360 games chart and tenth place …
Read More »3DS to foil the pirates
It’s a problem that has caused the DS market to collapse” and seen software sales drop by 50 per cent in Europe over recent months, but one publisher reckons Nintendo will finally thwart the pirates with its upcoming 3DS handheld. What excites me even more than 3DS games is that …
Read More »GameStop: We dont like pre-owned
UPDATE: An official spokesperson from the US GameStop office has contacted MCV with the following statement: These comments from an unnamed and unknown person claiming to be a GameStop employee are inaccurate. Pre-owned is the cornerstone of our business and, as you say, a key driving force for us. Both …
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