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Read More »Star Wars: Trench Run announced
The Rebel’s dramatic attack on the Empire’s Death Star that frames the thrilling conclusion to George Lucas’ 1977 sci-fi classic Star Wars is to get its very own iPhone game, courtesy of THQ Wireless. As per the film, players will have to fight their way through hordes of TIE Fighters …
Read More »London Games Conference: The Guide
TO VIEW MCV’s LGC GUIDE ONLINE, CLICK HERE. Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, retailers, leading developers and pioneers of digital distribution unite at the inaugral London Games Conference. Below are links to features that outline every aspect of the event, including a detailed guide, a profile of the speakers, the latest market …
Read More »London Games Conference: Schedule
4:30pm Registration 5:05pmOpening Address Ed Vaizey, Shadow Minister for Culture The man who may well be the games industry’s next voice in government talks directly to the London Games Conference for the event’s opening speech. 5:10pmThe Future of Digital Distribution Nick Parker, Parker Consulting Where are we headed next? One …
Read More »London Games Conference: Digital Data
Everyone knows that digital distribution is an important part of the games industry food chain. But just how important is it to consumers? New data from the National Gamers Survey 2009 proves the power of downloaded games, mobile games and games accessed via game portals. The survey, conducted by TNS, …
Read More »EA Sports: FIFA has triumphed
EA has claimed that FIFA is the ‘undisputed’ No.1 football game on the market – after this year’s iteration surpassed a million UK sales in less than three weeks. FIFA 10 celebrated its third week at No.1 in the ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Chart on Monday – holding off major new …
Read More »First Microsoft Store opened
Microsoft has opened its very first dedicated retail store in Arizona; the first in what is expected to be a string of retail outlets focused specifically on Microsoft products. The next Microsoft Store to open its doors will be based in California, and will have a grand opening on October …
Read More »Sony brings layoffs to Pain dev
Reports suggest that Sony has made numerous staff cuts at the dev studio behind popular PSN title Pain – a game which saw more downloads than any other on the PlayStation Store by Nov 2007. Head over to Develop for the full story.
Read More »Nickelodeon buys TMNT rights
Viacom’s global kids entertainment network Nickelodeon has paid 5.9m to capture the worldwide rights to the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brand from The Mirage Group. The firm has pledged to continue working with many of the Turtles’ existing licensing partners, though question marks remain over the long-term future of …
Read More »THQ bags Russian shooter
Publishing rights to Russian studio 4A Games’ long-in-the-works Metro 2033 have been bought by THQ. The publisher will release the game on 360 and PC next year. Metro 2033 is based on a best-selling Russian novel by Dmitry Glukhovsky and is built with 4A’s cutting edge proprietary engine. For the …
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