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SCE UK has announced the dates for its key November releases for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PSP. Key PS3 title SingStar Vol. 3 joins Motorstorm 2 on November 14th, whilst highly anticipated first person shooter Resistance 2 is due out on November 28th. The platform holder has also announced …
Read More »Seabass: FIFA engine is superb
Ahead of the European release of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 this Friday, the series’ legendary creator Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka has expressed his admiration for the game engine EA has developed for its FIFA series. When asked by CVG if he would consider using EA’s game engine if given the …
Read More »Macys boss joins Activision Blizzard
Activision has appointed former Macy’s VP Brad Jakeman as its new chief creative officer. Jakeman will join Activision in early November in the newly-created position. Before Macy’s, he spent eight years as managing director of global advertising at Citigroup. At Activision, Jakeman will be responsible for leading global advertising, media, …
Read More »Trio of top execs leave Brash
Co-founder of Brash Entertainment, Thomas Tull has quit the publisher – joining two fellow high profile execs in leaving the firm. COO Larry Shapiro and president and co-founder Longano both quit the business earlier this year, according to Variety. According to the movie news source, Tull was believed to be …
Read More »Government must intervene to prevent ‘potential UK market failure’
Games Up files formal report with the government, concluding that a 20 per cent tax credit is needed to support developers
Read More »GAME primed to take on GameStop in Euro battleground
GameStop’s acquisition of French market leader Micromania hasn’t affected GAME Group’s ambitions in Europe, insists GAME CEO Lisa Morgan. GameStop’s acquisition saw the balance of power in European games retail shift as the US giant snapped up an extra 332 outlets in France, increasing its European store count to 1,077. …
Read More »High Street highs
With all the gloom surrounding the UK economy currently, how has GAME emerged unscathed again? If we look at the facts, we have a really buoyant industry with five successful current-gen machines in the being driven by some very innovative products. The installed base today and the growth we’ve seen …
Read More »KEY RELEASE: Unity v2.1
Originally a browser-based game engine, the Unity 3D engine is now branching out to cover PC, MMOs, Wii and iPhone. Develop catches up with Unity's CEO to see what's on the horizonâ?¦
Read More »MCV online traffic soars
The UK’s leading games industry website enjoyed a record month in September – as retailers, industry execs and prosumers continued to make MCVUK.com a part of their daily routine. Page views jumped up to a whopping 659,994 from August’s 403,334 – whilst unique visitors also grew, up by over 22,000 …
Read More »Left 4 Dead pre-orders ahead of Orange Box
Half-Life 2 developer and Steam owner Valave has stated that North American pre-orders for its upcoming console and PC shooter Left 4 Dead are currently 60 per cent ahead of those enjoyed by The Orange Box at the same stage before its release. Speaking to Edge Online, Valve MD Gabe …
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