Publishing

Ubisoft has revealed an Insane Edition of highly-anticipated Far Cry 3. The SKU contains a 12cm Vaas Wahine – the game’s chief mentalist – bobble head and a hints and tips guide. There’s also a ton of digital content as well, as detailed here: Monkey Business – Discover Hurk, a …

Microsoft’s patent dispute with Motorola just got significantly more serious with the threat of a US ban on the console. The legal tussle between the pair saw the Xbox 360 console blocked from distribution in Germany earlier this month. Now Judge David Shaw of the International Trade Commission has recommended …

Alleged hostile takeover by South Korean firm draws fire from fair trade commission

Dominic Sacco, currently staff writer for MCV, has been announced as the new deputy editor of sister publication Toy News. Sacco joined Intent Media in February 2010 as staff writer on MCV. Prior to this, he was a senior web journalist and copywriter for over two years at Trader Media …

The transition between Xbox 360 and Xbox 720 will take place between 2013 and 2015, Activision anticipates. It does not expect to make titles for PS4 until 2016, however. As revealed by court documents detailing the publishing deal between Activision and Bungie, the title known as Destiny Games #1 IS …

Having launched three and a half years ago, Google’s Chrome web browser has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for the first time to become the world’s most popular browser. That’s according to Statcounter, whose numbers show that Chrome had a higher average traffic number than IE for a seven-day period (May …

Nolan North, the most prolific game voice over provider in the galaxy, has been handed a role in upcoming Paramount flick Star Trek 2. He was handed the role by director J J Abrams who is a huge fan of his work as the voice of Naughty Dog’s Nathan Drake …

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Publishing powerhouse Activision is set to establish a brand new mobile-focused studio in the UK. Develop reports that UK games veteran and former Team 17 man Martyn Brown has been hired to handle the recruitment process. Activision’s last major UK dev interest ended in January 2011 when it closed the …

Future PLC has revealed strong digital revenue growth in its interim results for the half-year ended March 31st 2012. Statutory revenue for the period fell 11 per cent to 61.1m with operating profit falling 33 per cent to 1.2m. Normalised revenue was down four per cent and profit down five …