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Celebrated columnist and critic Charlie Brooker has revealed that his highly-anticipated Gameswipe TV show will be a 50 minute one-off special. Fans were hoping that Brooker was to create a full series dedicated to games, following success with TV review show Screenwipe and current affairs programme Newswipe. Writing on Twitter …
Read More »Great Scott
Two months ago MTV appointed THQ and Disney vet Scott Guthrie as head of its Games division, which includes the Rock Band brand. Here, in his first interview since taking the post, he talks to Michael French about MTV Games’ wider strategy, the power of DLC, and a little game …
Read More »THQ picks up Games Workshop title
THQ is to publish Focus Home Interactive’s fantasy-themed football strategy game Blood Bowl on September 18th. The game is based on a tabletop board game created by Games Workshop, which sells Warhammer products. It mixes turn-based strategy with football, pitting teams of fantasy creatures, such as orcs and goblins, against …
Read More »Rising Star readies Hello Kitty blitz
Rising Star Games is preparing a comprehensive marketing campaign for Happy Party with Hello Kitty & Friends. The game is the latest entry in the best-selling Hello Kitty franchise, which the publisher believes will become a long-tail retail success. Hello Kitty has an evergreen formula and, whatever the season, this …
Read More »Infinity Ward: MW2â??s multiplayer a priority
Modern Warfare 2â??s multiplayer has been in development since day one
Read More »Blitz calls for 360 and Wii price cuts
UK indie dev welcomes Sonyâ??s long-awaited price drop
Read More »Naughty Dog talks Jak & Daxter
Californian development studio Naughty Dog hopes Sony will greenlight a new Jak and Daxter project. When asked by Eurogamer if the studio is working on a PS3 edition of the longstanding series, community manager Arne Meyer replied, We definitely hear a lot from our Jak fans and we’d love to …
Read More »Xbox 360 price drop "this week"
Microsoft will drop the price of the Xbox 360 Elite within seven days – that’s the prediction of EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich, backing up information supplied to MCV UK retail. We expect Microsoft to make an official announcement, in the next week, regarding the elimination of the Xbox 360 Pro …
Read More »Creative Assembly returns to Total War
GAMESCOMâ??09: Next in Segaâ??s PC RTS franchise to arrive in February
Read More »Square Enix grabs spotlight at Gamescom
The European office of Square Enix makes its first public showing since buying Eidos at Gamescom this week – labelling the event ‘very important’ to its new strategy. The firm will show off titles including Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIV (pictured), Nier and Front Mission Evolved in Cologne, as …
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