Publishing

Sega has launched its first ever free-to-use casual games portal, led by new title Sonic At The Olympic Games. For the full exclusive story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz.

Sony’s LittleBigPlanet is storming Metacritic, averaging an astounding 9.5/10 from the Western world’s major press. The score (correct at the time of posting) makes the game the second highest-ever scoring game on PS3, behind GTA IV. It beats lauded releases such as COD4 (9.4/10), MGS4 (9.4/10) and Rock Band (9.2/10). …

Blaze has launched its MegaDrive handheld console, which contains games such as Sonic and Knuckles, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Ecco the Dolphin. For the full story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz.

A new entry in the Australian government’s Classification Database seems to suggest that US publisher THQ has acquired the rights to publish Swordfish Studios’ hip-hop themed 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand. The shooter was one of a number of titles that was left out in the cold following the …

But it happened last week, and has placed GAME Group on the same playing field as the UK’s army of indies, many of whom ditched official channels in favour of snapping up supplies from supermarkets long ago. And if some of the comments on our site are to be believed, …

It reads like something from an independent retailer’s fantasy. With relations between EUK and the publishing community allegedly beginning to falter , could supermarkets really end up with no video games stock this Christmas? One thing’s for sure: Following the credit insurers’ decision to halt cover on games handled by …

Activision has appointed former Macy’s VP Brad Jakeman as its new chief creative officer. Jakeman will join Activision in early November in the newly-created position. Before Macy’s, he spent eight years as managing director of global advertising at Citigroup. At Activision, Jakeman will be responsible for leading global advertising, media, …

With all the gloom surrounding the UK economy currently, how has GAME emerged unscathed again? If we look at the facts, we have a really buoyant industry with five successful current-gen machines in the being driven by some very innovative products. The installed base today and the growth we’ve seen …

Originally a browser-based game engine, the Unity 3D engine is now branching out to cover PC, MMOs, Wii and iPhone. Develop catches up with Unity's CEO to see what's on the horizonâ?¦

Most publishers are accustomed to their titles hitting the pirate network the very moment they’re shipped out to retail, but Bethesda has suffered an early blow with news that Fallout 3 has already hit illegal file sharing networks. The game, which isn’t due out in the UK until October 31st, …