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This summer’s two most important European trade shows have tied up with MCV, as retail looks for local market updates following the global blitz that was E3. Whilst almost all the leading UK retailers visited the Los Angeles show, new product and marketing updates for buyers across Europe are eagerly …
Read More »Ballmer shoots down â??new 360â?? speculation
â??I confused the issue with my poorly chosen words.â?
Read More »UK CHARTS: Prototype goes top
The reign of EA’s The Sims 3 at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 is over, with Activision Blizzard’s free-roaming superhero romp Prototype climbing one position to claim its crown. Activision’s title, which is the first from the publisher to grab the top spot in 2009, …
Read More »Championship Manager 2010 dated
Eidos has announced that the next instalment in its noteworthy football management series, dubbed Championship Manager 2010, will be released this September. The game, which has been in development for two years, will for the first time include the ability for users to download real-world stats from the footballing world …
Read More »Splatterhouse dev saga takes new twist
Project delayed to â??2010â?? despite development switching studios to boost performance
Read More »Sony responds to Kotickâ??s outburst
â??We enjoy healthy business relationships with and greatly value our publishing partnersâ??
Read More »Report: Sony briefing PS3 motion control to developers
Document claims the rumble-integrated device will launch Spring 2010; head-tracking and voice â??recognitionâ?? possible
Read More »Government got it right with PEGI, says Byron
Tanya Byron today gave the thumbs up to the Government’s recommendations on video game classification. As part of its Digital Britain report, Westminster revealed earlier this week that PEGI is to become the sole age ratings model in the UK. Talking at the end of a vibrant Digital Safety conference …
Read More »PEGI likely to become law in 2010
PEGI will have to wait the best part of a year until it becomes the UK’s sole classification system by law. The proposal to implement PEGI as the UK’s only games age classification model, overseen by the Video Standards Council, was put forward by Labour in its Digital Britain White …
Read More »US: File-sharing mum fined $2m
A 32-year-old single mum has been ordered by a Minneapolis court to pay $1.92m to the Recording Industry Association of America after being found guilty of breaching the copyright of just 24 songs. The Guardian reports that Jammie was one of 30,000 people initially found guilty and ordered to pay …
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