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UK consumers will be able to pick up an Xbox 360 console from just 129.99 after Microsoft confirmed its latest round of price cuts this morning. From Friday September 19th Microsoft’s console line-up will be tweaked to offer the entry-level Arcade SKU at 129.99, standard console with 60GB hard drive …
Read More »Check out our MCV Events diary…
Got your ticket for Games Convention Asia? How about Tokyo Games Show? What about 2008’s awards shows? Got the date of this year’s Golden Joysticks? Or the Games Media Awards? Check out MCV’s very handy Events page for a comprehensive update on the industry’s diary for this year and beyond. …
Read More »WipEout HD confirmed for September 25th
With the US arrival of September 25th confirmed only this morning, it hasn’t taken Sony Europe long to state that Sony’s PS3 racer WipEout HD will also arrive on Europe’s PlayStation Network next Thursday. The game is an amalgamation of craft and tracks featured in the many previous WipEout games. …
Read More »UK CHART: EA maintains grip on top three
It’s as you were at the top of ELSPA/Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week as EA’s triple act of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 and Spore cling on to first, second and third respectively for the second week in succession. Beneath the leading pack, …
Read More »THQ exec Akmal forms investment firm
GCube Ventures seeking opportunities within the global games field
Read More »SHAREWATCH: Take Two stock nosedives
Take Two’s share price has plummeted on the news that EA is no longer interested in buying the Rockstar parent. The firm’s stock price has nosedived by 26.86 per cent to $16.02 on the NASDAQ today in the wake of the news. EA announced on Sunday that it had terminated …
Read More »Namco Bandai steps up internal technology efforts
Group looking to recruit more programmers to support its game dev teams
Read More »EA to publish Tomb Raider game
EA Mobile – which works under the firm’s Casual Entertainment division – is to publish the mobile version of Eidos’ upcoming Tomb Raider: Underworld. The firm has signed an agreement with Eidos that sees exclusive multi-regional distribution and licensing rights to selected titles from the Eidos catalogue being granted to …
Read More »New Warcraft game dated
Activision-Blizzard has confirmed to MCV that long-awaited World Of Warcraft expansion, Wrath Of The Lich King, will be released in North America and Europe on November 13th. The game will also be unleashed in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Russia on the same date. The title will hit stores in Australia, …
Read More »WHATS NEW September 19th 08
There’s no doubting what game is spearheading the new retail releases this week – though if you’ve not yet felt a disturbance in the Force then it may be that LucasArts’ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is not be for you. Anyone who saw Justin Lee Collins’ Bring Back Star …
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