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MCV’s look back at how the games industry fared during the last decade continues with a focus on what happened in 2003. Michael French flicks through the archives and reads about N-Gage, the strugglign GameCube and yet more audacious advertising… Check out the full story in our features section.
Read More »Abu Dhabi plots games market growth
The Abu Dhabi Government has set up content creation firm Twofour54 to drastically improve the Middle East games market – and is keen for UK companies to help achieve its aim. The new initiative is designed to assist companies and people to create TV shows, films and video games aimed …
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2002
Continuing our look at the formative games industry events of the decade, we look back to 2002, when the war between format-holders began to heat up… The features section has the full thing.
Read More »THQ ends long-running WWE legal spat
THQ’s lengthy legal battle with WWE over a joint venture the publisher set up with toy firm Jakks Pacific has finally come to a close. Wrestling organisation WWE had initiated legal proceedings as far back as 2004 under allegations of commercial bribery – it claimed Jakks had paid the former …
Read More »iPhone dev Tapulous making $1m a month
Music game firm has now become profitable
Read More »Epic readying UE3 for iPhone
Popular console/PC engine set for mobile debut - watch the video here
Read More »THQ promotes Donnelly
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
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