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Members of Parliament will take part in a Q&A session to discuss the state of the games industry on March 29th. Trade body ELSPA will hold the event at the BAFTA building in London. It aims to give retailers, publishers, developers and others involved in the industry the chance to …
Read More »E3 Expo 2010 registration opens
Registration has opened for this year’s E3 Expo. The show runs from June 15th through 17th at the Los Angeles Convention Centre- and organisers say the event ‘sees the global video game industry convene for 72 hours to test drive the products and technologies that will define the future of …
Read More »Violent games outlawed in Venezuela
Having begun its journey through the Venezuelan court system last August, violent video games have now officially been banned in the formally Spanish-owned South American republic. Games Thirst reports that the Law for the Prohibition of Violent Video Games and Toys came into effect last Wednesday that prohibits the sale, …
Read More »Modern Warfare 2 reaches 25m players
As many as 25m gamers have played Modern Warfare 2 online since its launch, according to developer Infinity Ward, who made the announcement yesterday on Twitter. Robert Bowling, director of communications at Infinity Ward said: The 25m users is only made up of those who play the game online, with …
Read More »Brits spend £200m on MMOs
British gamers spent 195m on MMO games last year, ahead of Germany and France, with 165m and 145m respectively, according to a new report. It also reveals that Brits spend an average 10.50 each month on Massively Multiplayer Online games such as World of Warcraft and EVE Online. For the …
Read More »Takeoff Creative Services sponsors MCV Awards
The 2010 MCV Industry Excellence Awards has signed up another sponsorship partner, with growing UK creative force Takeoff Creative Services coming on board as the Drinks Reception Partner. Takeoff was founded in 2003 by a group of video game industry experts who shared the ambition of offering cost-effective first class …
Read More »Blizzard thinking of console WoW all the time
Acclaimed MMO developer Blizzard has stated that a console version of its popular PC title World of Warcraft is getting serious thought-time at the studio, though the challenges of converting the game to work on a joypad means that any official announcement could still be a long way off. We …
Read More »PS3 to outsell Wii by 2013
Sony’s PS3 is not only on the up – it stands to become the largest global console and outsell the Wii in just three years time. That’s the prediction from StrategyAnalytics’ analyst David Mercer. He also added that Wii’s installed user base will have hit 76m by the end of …
Read More »Ubi servers suffer fresh attack
Publisher Ubisoft has revealed that the servers set-up to facilitate its new PC game DRM strategy are once again under attack in what many are presuming is a further protest against its anti-piracy measures. Players of both Assassin’s Creed II and Silent Hunter 5 – the first two games from …
Read More »Natal lineup to be shown at E3
We’re still waiting to discover what games will accompany the launch of Microsoft’s motion sensing Natal camera this Q4 – but the plat form holder has now pledged to reveal all this June. Microsoft works very strong with third-party developers, so we’re hoping that we’re going to get some great …
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