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Sega will publish a sequel to Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, based on the 2010 Winter Olympics. The title was confirmed to The Province by the Winter Olympics’ director of licensing Dennis Kim, while MCV understands an official announcement will be made later in the week. "Last year, …
Read More »1.1m games sold off cheap at EUK
The administrator of EUK is to auction off the contents of the wholesaler’s warehouse stock this week for a cut-price – including 1.1 million games. In news that is sure to worry the publishing community, Deloitte is reportedly accepting tender offers for the outstanding stock, which also includes 2.9 million …
Read More »Â£3m to fund ‘UK Centre for Computer Games Excellence’ in Scotland
Dundee's University of Abertay plans large-scale games expansion after Scottish Government grant
Read More »EUK games boss joins Tesco
EUK’s former games chief John Stanhope has joined Tesco as senior buying manager in the UK – signalling the company’s keenness to get closer to the trade in 2009. Tesco told MCV that the appointment represented its clear ambitions” in the category this year. Stanhope is a very well known …
Read More »Nintendo plans new £95m R&D centre
Second Kyoto office to focus on software and hardware development
Read More »ShopTo makes new release guarantee
Shopto.net has announced that it will pay customers 3 if it fails to deliver a pre-ordered game on its day of release. The guarantee applies to any customer who orders a product by 12 PM two days before it is due out, with the full details available on the firm’s …
Read More »January retail figures give room for optimism
The retail figures for January are in and paint a mixed picture, with the good news of an overall like-for-like increase of 1.1 per cent in sales muddied by news that non-food sales slipped 1.6 per cent. Retail Week reports that BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor numbers showed a total sales …
Read More »Namco confirms future for Splatterhouse
Namco Bandai has confirmed that it has taken back Splatterhouse from Californian studio Bottlerocket. To read more, click here to head over to MCV’s sister mag Develop.
Read More »MCV AWARDS ’09: You have less than a week to lobby
Have you lobbied for an MCV Award yet? If not, you’ve got just under a week to let us know why you or your company should be considered for a finalist spot in this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards. The MCV Awards take place at The Brewery, London on Thursday …
Read More »The Force Unleashed wins writing award
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has been awarded the Writers Guild of America’s Videogame Writing prize. The game beat Bethesda’s Fallout 3, EA’s Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 and Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider Underworld to get the prize. Develop has the full story – click here.
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