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Just like every year at the MCV Industry Excellence Awards, various people involved in the organisation of the GMA s were pinned against walls and asked to explain why X, Y or Z didn’t win. It’s pretty simple: because people voted for who they thought was best. This outcry at …

GAMERS WITH a keen eye for a bargain have been snapping up the cut-price 60GB PS3 Value Pack in their droves – leaving the 40GB SKU with an 11 per cent cut of PS3 hardware sales. ChartTrack revealed the enormous gulf between the two offerings to MCV this week as …

Reserve the date in your diaries – it seems the UK has finally come up with a retail-focused trade show that can fill the gaping hole left by the ‘old’ E3’s demise. GamePlan aims to bring together UK publishing and retail over two days on 29th– 30th May 2008 at …

The most high-profile marketing stunt the UK games industry has ever seen is set to boost the London Games Festival next week. Electronic Arts will be taking over Trafalgar Square for three days next week with its Be The One fest, giving gamers the opportunity to play its current and …

Shigeru Miyamoto, director and general manager of Nintendo, was last night awarded The Economist’s Innovation Award for Consumer Goods The ceremony took place at the Science Museum in London. The awards themselves were selected by an independent judging panel of industry experts. No one is more identified with modern video …

With Sega and Nintendo joining forces to unleash their favourite characters in the upcoming Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, Sega has taken a leaf out of its former rival’s book by announcing a new character-filled tennis outing. In much the same vein as Mario Tennis, Sega Superstars Tennis …

With Sega and Nintendo joining forces to unleash their favourite characters in the upcoming Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, Sega has taken a leaf out of its former rival’s book by announcing a new character-filled tennis outing. In much the same vein as Mario Tennis, Sega Superstars Tennis …

Following months of whispers and speculation, Capcom has finally come out and admitted that critically acclaimed adventure title Okami is heading to Wii, with an expected arrival of Q2 2008. Okami quickly established itself as a cult hit on PS2. Its remarkably striking watercolour-based visuals were complemented by an engrossing …

Following months of whispers and speculation, Capcom has finally come out and admitted that critically acclaimed adventure title Okami is heading to Wii, with an expected arrival of Q2 2008. Okami quickly established itself as a cult hit on PS2. Its remarkably striking watercolour-based visuals were complemented by an engrossing …

A new $279 Arcade pack will include a wireless controller and several casual titles including Pac-Man, Uno and Luxor 2, reports next-gen.biz . Arcade becomes [for us] the ability to bring in a new set of audiences,” said Bach. They’re probably a little bit more casually focused, they’re looking for …