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GDC Austin '09: New Turbine title aims for Xbox 360 and PS3, production now at 18 months
Read More »UK CHARTS: Need for Speed victorious
Reinventing the Need for Speed franchise was always going to be a bit of a gamble for EA, but it seems that the risk has paid off with Xbox 360, PS3, PC and PSP outing Need for Speed: Shift racing straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats …
Read More »Leading UK voice agency joins Tiga
Star-studded voice acting agency seeks to improve cross-media integration
Read More »Turbine working on console MMO
Developer Turbine has stated that it currently has an Xbox 360 and PS3 MMO in the works, bringing hope to those who still believe that this generation of machines can be the one to usher in a new console-driven MMO era. Speaking at GDC Austin, the studios’ project development VP …
Read More »Sony backtracks on barring Minis multiplayer
SCEAâ??s Eric Lempel confirms developers can patch Minis games, hinting at future DLC and multiplayer opportunities
Read More »When worlds collide
With more DLC finding its way to retail shelves, are we seeing the start of a healthy relationship develop between bricks and mortar and digital distribution? James Batchelor reports… The growing importance of downloadable content is plain to see. Almost every major release over the past year has boasted DLC …
Read More »Zane Lowe to front Guitar Hero push
Activision has signed Zane Lowe to help promote and develop its Guitar Hero series. The collaboration will see the Radio 1 DJ fully endorse the Hero series as well as offer up his expertise to help grow the brand. DJ Hero will also be the headline sponsor of Zane Lowe’s …
Read More »Win DJ Hero!
Activision has teamed up with MCV in one of the competitions of the year – in which YOU could win a copy of DJ Hero. And that’s not all… A copy of fantastic racer Blur, along with Ultimate Alliance 2 and Star Wars: Clone Wars Republic Heroes will also wing …
Read More »FIFA 10 ad debuts this Sunday
Publisher EA will this Sunday air its one-off two-minute TV special starring England front man Wayne Rooney to promote the upcoming release of FIFA 10 on October 2nd. The spot, which will not be aired again on UK TV, will be shown on Sky Sports 1 in the second ad …
Read More »Glu loses Euro MD
Glu’s EMEA managing director Frank Keeling has left the company, MCV’s sister site ME has learned. The former Vodafone and RealNetworks exec joined the mobile games publisher in December 2007 to head its European activities, but his role has now been split between EMEA marketing director James Scalpello and EMEA …
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