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Student studio will showcase BAFTA-winning title SHRuNK at Edinburgh event
Read More »Cliffy Bs reveal is NOT Gears of War 3
An ad for the next issue of Official Xbox Magazine has confirmed that Epic is to reveal a brand new shooter in its next issue – crushing hopes that developer Cliffy Bleszinski’s anticipated announcement on the US’ Jimmy Fallon Show will be Gears of War 3. The back of page …
Read More »Retail reveals Split/Second DLC
Disney’s Split/Second: Velocity hasn’t even hit shelves yet but word of digital add-ons has already emerged through pre-order initiatives. Online retail giant Play.com will be giving away the first DLC pack for the upcoming racer free to anyone that pre-orders the game through its site. While this deal has yet …
Read More »Market slump or market triumph?
It certainly caused some debate amongst the MCV team before words hit the page. We all used to say that if the industry released more games in Q1 the market would benefit. Accidental timing has let us put the theory to test; some of the big Q1 games this year …
Read More »UK games market down 7.8% in Q1
It was meant to be the Q1 that would save us from the slump, but a wash of quality releases have not been able to halt a games market decline. MCV research based on GfK Chart-Track data shows that the UK games market was worth 303m for the 13 weeks …
Read More »Conservative â??Game Councilâ?? plan gets serious
MP Ed Vaizey sees huge opportunity for public body, and claims TIGA and ELSPA are against the idea
Read More »Publishers praised for PEGI compliance
PEGI SA, the organisation that manages the PEGI ratings system, has praised games publishers for their high level of compliance with its advertising guidelines. In the first ever PEGI Advertising Compliance report, 83.2 per cent of game ads and packshots were found to display the new colour-coded ratings system correctly …
Read More »Pokemon Black and White announced
Though the latest Pokemon titles have only just hit UK shores, a Japanese teaser site has offered the first glimpse of the next instalment in Nintendo’s series – Pokemon Black and Pokemon White. Details are scant for now, though Joystiq reckons that Nintendo has promised plenty of innovation in this …
Read More »Activision dates MW2 DLC for PS3, PC
Still no stopping Modern Warfare 2. After storming Xbox Live, publisher Activision has announced the roll out of the game’s DLC for PS3 and PC. On Twitter the firm announced the Stimulus Package hits PS3 in US on May 4th, Europe on May 5th, PC worldwide on May 4th.
Read More »iPhone out-numbers DS and PSP
As part of its OS4 presentation in the US tonight, Apple has taken time to highlight one fight that it can never be accused of losing – the numbers game. Apple’s senior vice president of software Scott Forstall pointed out that there are currently 50,000 games and entertainment apps available …
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