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Japanese publisher Konami has for the first time officially hinted that it is considering bringing Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots to Xbox 360. Speaking to Japanese financial news service Morningstar, Konami’s Yoshitaka Arai stated: The worldwide demand for an Xbox 360 version of MGS4 is quite high, …
Read More »GAME appoints new COO
GAME Group has appointed of Terry Scicluna as its new Chief Operating Officer. Scicluna joins from Alliance Boots, where until recently he was MD of Unichem. He has also held senior leadership roles at Alliance Pharmacy, where he was Chief Operating Officer responsible for 1.2billion worth of turnover and over …
Read More »Moledina joins Electronic Arts
Former GDC director will be Outreach Director for EA Partners
Read More »EA: We need to make more of Asia
EA has revealed that Asia currently only accounts for around six per cent of its total annual revenue – and that it is planning a new online assault to boost its presence in the region. EA President for Asia Jon Niermann told The Associated Press that the firm’s holding in …
Read More »Up to 200 Best Buy stores coming to Europe in ’09
Best Buy’s European invasion will consist of between 100 and 200 stores launched over the next five years, the retailer revealed in a joint announcement with its partner The Carphone Warehouse today. And it looks like the UK will be getting the bulk of the superstores – the first of …
Read More »Sega releases surprise new Sonic game
Sega has launched its first ever free-to-use casual games portal, led by new title Sonic At The Olympic Games. For the full exclusive story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Southpeak acquires Gamecock
SouthPeak Interactive has acquired Gamecock Media Group in a shock deal that will see titles including Mushroom Men and Legendary released under the SouthPeak label this quarter. Melanie Mroz, SouthPeak CEO, said of the deal: "Gamecock brings us a solid slate of upcoming titles, including Legendary, Mushroom Men and Velvet …
Read More »WHATS NEW October 17th 08
EA’s FIFA 09 may continue to dominate the UK charts , and win over the world’s games critics , but this Friday brings its sternest test yet in the shape of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 . The battle between the two footballing giants typically defines the UK October charts, …
Read More »Microsoft details free 360 memory scheme
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has lifted the lid on its scheme to help those lacking memory space ahead of the release of the new Xbox dashboard upgrade next month. Microsoft yesterday revealed that users would need 128MB of free storage space to run the New Xbox Experience – something …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet scores 95% on Metacritic
Sony’s LittleBigPlanet is storming Metacritic, averaging an astounding 9.5/10 from the Western world’s major press. The score (correct at the time of posting) makes the game the second highest-ever scoring game on PS3, behind GTA IV. It beats lauded releases such as COD4 (9.4/10), MGS4 (9.4/10) and Rock Band (9.2/10). …
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