Publishing

Reports suggest the sequel to Electronic Arts’ Dead Space could be released in 2010. A Reuters article claims Dead Space 2 is in development for next year” and just one of a pair of horror offerings” the publisher is working on, alongside the upcoming Dante’s Inferno. The game was confirmed …

UK distributior Gem is readying two new Xbox 360 Elite bundles, MCV can reveal. The new bundles have been put together with Paramount Pictures to support the upcoming releases of Star Trek and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on DVD. However the packs don’t include the movies on DVD – …

Disney’s new Epic Mickey – a Wii title that effectively ‘reinvents’ Mickey Mouse – was finally announced today. Confirmed at a London event after almost a year of speculation – and a long tease through US consumer site Game Informer – the title has been revealed as an action platformer …

The bestselling new IP of all time returns next month – with Assassin’s Creed II pitched to wow consumers and retailers once again. MCV spoke to publisher Ubisoft to find out what makes the sequel so special… If someone told you that one of this generation’s best selling games would …

Drawn To Life is being used in schools around the country in a bid to encourage children to take a greater interest in art. The Wii and DS platformer, which sees players drawing their own protagonist and other game elements, was published last week by THQ. THQ has been working …

Playfish and Jagex explain how they succeeded - and why traditional publishers have failed

Platform holder Microsoft has announced that it has bought up an entire ad break during the November 14th episode of ITV’s reality TV show X Factor as it ramps up its pre-Christmas marketing activity. The time will be used to promote the recently launched Sky Player service as well as …

Just hours after the service debuted on Xbox Live yesterday, Microsoft has been forced to remove the much-hyped Sky Player from Xbox Live due to technical problems. However, the platform holder hopes to reinstate the service at some point today. The Sky Player on Xbox 360 service did successfully launch …

GfK-ChartTrack ready to incorporate data from digital distribution from next year

Develop sister site MCV obtains a copy of Vaizey's speech in full