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Developer Turbine will assume full control of MMO title The Lord of the Rings Online in Europe from June 1st, merging the US and European servers in the process. Until now Codemasters has handled the game in Europe. Current players will need to migrate their Codemasters accounts to the new …

Committed readers of MCV will know that the contrast between last week’s cover stories and this week’s couldn’t be starker. But such is the diversity of games now that one week we might be talking analytics and digital downloads, the next hoary but no less important topics like supermarkets and …

Playbox and Nvidia talk up the fortunes of Android tablet projects

UK retailer GAME has put the PC version of EA-published Valve title Portal 2 on sale today, a day ahead of its official release. The game was released digitally via Steam yesterday, though the official release date for the boxed versions is tomorrow. "We had a conversation with EA yesterday …

Square Enix has lifted the lid on a Collector’s Edition version of upcoming Xbox 360 and PS3 shooter Deux Ex: Human Revolution. The SKU, which is described as the publisher "extremely limited", is due for release only in "select European countries". Inside the box consumers will find an Adam Jensen …

Social games firms have to use Facebookâ??s own in-game currency from July 1st

Steam IDs published in-game

Our users' talent is the secret to our success, claims Habbo Hotel studio

US sources suggest â??S1â?? device to be ready for US shipping by September

Ben Cousins, the man behind EA’s successful forays into the free-to-play games market, has announced his departure from the publisher. In a brief statement issued on Twitter last night Cousins stated: "Battlefield Play4Free launches this week and it’s time for me to leave EA. Very proud of what I’ve achieved …