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THQ’s Rory Donnelly has been promoted to the position of senior vice president of European publishing. The announcement comes as the publisher pushes to strengthen its presence and operations in the region. In his new role, Donnelly has been tasked with leading THQ’s European business back to profitability in line …
Read More »Top 20 Games of the Decade
How do you define what makes a game ‘the best ever’? Is it determined by how much it was adored by critics, or by how many units it shifted at retail? The answer to that question will very much dictate which of the following lists means the most to you. …
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2001
Continuing our series of retrospective articles covering the ‘noughties’, Michael French looks back at the key industry happenings in 2001. And turn over for our look at what happened the following year, too… Click here to read the full thing.
Read More »EA considering Atlanta studio
Publisher looking to lower cost US states as part of restructuring, says report
Read More »We Sing on celebrity Christmas gift lists
Several A-list celebrities will be getting an extra Christmas present this year, courtesy of Nordic Games. The fledgling publisher has teamed up with Premier PR’s celebrity seeding department to continue promoting its popular Wii karaoke title We Sing. Copies have already been sent to Kylie Minogue, Katie Price, Leona Lewis …
Read More »Shattered Memories most important Silent Hill release to date
Konami has described its upcoming title Silent Hill: Shattered Memories as a landmark entry in the survival horror series. The game is due for release on Wii, PS2 and PSP on February 5th, making it the publisher’s first major release of 2010. Early reviews for Shattered Memories have been very …
Read More »A Decade of Christmas Number Ones
2009 is nearly at an end and with it comes the end of the games industry’s most successful ever decade. While each year brings with it a myriad of titles to be won for bragging rights, the Christmas Number One crown remains one of the most coveted. So what better …
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2000
In the first of a series of features looking back on the last ten years in the video games industry, Michael French raids the MCV archives to chronicle the arrival of the ‘Noughties’… Head over to the features section for more.
Read More »Guardian reaffirms games coverage commitment
UK newspaper The Guardian has today outlined its plans to continue covering games – despite the closure of its weekly Technology supplement. Games content at the paper will now move to its daily weekday G2 supplement – from Thursday, January 7th there will be weekly print reviews in G2, as …
Read More »Modern Warfare 2 is UK’s Christmas No.1
There’s been no Rage Against The Machine-style upset in the video game charts, as Modern Warfare 2 easily takes 2009’s Christmas No. 1 spot in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack Top 40. The record-breaking FPSwas the runaway favourite to take the Christmas crown, and betting agency Paddy Power even started paying out …
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