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The Sourcebook print and online directory returns in July and has added a new Gaming Accessories section. Peripherals companies can now gain an all-year presence in front of MCV, Develop, Mobile Entertainment and PC Retail readers. The sectors covered this year are: * Creative & Promotional Services * Gaming Accessories …
Read More »Beyond the Fallout
Released on Halloween last year, Fallout 3 quickly became a critically lauded sensation. The Xbox 360 edition enjoys a Metacritic rating of 93 per cent (91 on PC and PS3), and the game has claimed countless awards, including game of the year from Gamesradar, Gamespy, Official Xbox, IGN, Gamasutra and …
Read More »Ex-Team Ninja staff form Tokyo Vikings
New developer emerges following the Itagaki-Tecmo fallout
Read More »Ubisoft FY net profits fall 41m
Ubisoft has reported a €41 million drop in annual net profit for FY 2008-2009, despite a 14 per cent rise in revenue to €1.06 billion. Net profit in the 12 months ended March 31st, 2009 fell to €68.8 million from €109.8 million a year earlier. The company attributed the drop …
Read More »‘Large female presence’ in Sims 3 dev team
Speaking exclusively to MCV’s sister CasualGaming.biz as part of its Girl Gaming Month, The Sims 3’s associate producer Grant Rodiek has stated that the game’s development team deliberately houses more females than you’d normally find in such a group. We have a large female presence throughout our team – more …
Read More »Ubisoft unveils new Shaun White for Wii
Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage will be released exclusively on Wii this Christmas, Ubisoft has announced. The game is the sequel to last year’s Shaun White Snowboarding, which sold over three million copies worldwide, and will once again required gamers to use the Wii Balance Board in order to compete …
Read More »Genius uncloaks Scratch DJ peripheral
Amidst the backdrop of ongoing legal tussling, developer Genius Inc has lifted the lid on its own turn table peripheral that will be released alongside Scratch: The Ultimate DJ later this year. Designed by established DJ tech firm Numark, the device appears to be somewhat bulkier than that which will …
Read More »New Lips takes to the mic
Microsoft is to release a second boxed title in its Lips series this October as the franchise continues to wrestle with console-karaoke king SingStar for home gaming supremacy. Lips: Number One Hits will, unlike the business model employed by Sony, include all of the debut release’s tracks on the disc …
Read More »Sony arming a AAA inFamous marketing push, confirms PS3 bundle
Sony has confirmed it will launch a new PS3 hardware bundle across the UK this Friday, as part of the company’s plan to promote the launch of the promising action title inFamous. An SCEE representative confirmed that key UK retailers will be stocking an 80GB PS3 package complete with a …
Read More »Sony has â??high hopesâ?? for inFamous
Company cites â??a number of high profile and very positiveâ?? review scores
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