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An interesting new agreement between streaming games specialist OnLive and giant consumer games network GameSpot has been announced. It will see the streaming service position playable demos of games within the pages of GameSpot’s reviews. The result is that consumers will be able to try a fully-featured version of the …

Today’s issue of UK national newspaper The Sun leads with a story that has no doubt caused headaches at Microsoft. With a headline of ‘Death by Xbox’, the paper has pushed to the fore the tragic case of Chris Staniforth, a 20-year-old who died of deep-vein-thrombosis (DVT). The report directly …

Gears of War, Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty and Just Dance are among the ‘Brand Maps’ currently available via the new Reports section of MCV’s website. The exclusive consumer research is provided by GameVision and is based on twice yearly interviews with over 5,000 consumers in the UK, France, Germany …

Forget theHorde mode – try out the new Board mode. Gears of War: The Board Game will arrive on shelves next month. Based on the hugely popular Xbox 360 franchise, this product tasks up to four players with completing randomly constructed missions by working together. The game comes bundled with …

Broadcaster claimed to have strong interest in Kinect and Wii U projects

Electronic Arts has said it wants to "work out an agreement" with Valve that will see its games return to the Steam download service. Sources have previously told MCV that the ongoing disagreement between EA and Steam derives from the publisher’s decision to sell DLC for its games exclusively through …

Brian Farrell, CEO of THQ, has declared that the new DLC-centric business model it attempted with MX vs ATV Alive was "not a successful experiment". The publisher announced earlier this year that it would release the off-road racer at a reduced RRP and drive revenue with regular waves of downloadable …

'Very poor returns' from stereoscopic tech, Riccitiello warns

Konami has announced that it will be distributing the UTV Ignition title El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. El Shaddai sees players take place in an epic battle of good versus evil, saving the human race in a stylised, minimalist world on PS3 and …

Just a year ago Red Faction was being touted as THQ’s golden child. It had a TV series on SyFy, it had a brand new game that hoped to build on the success of the impressive Red Faction: Guerrilla. But how quickly things change. Last night THQ reported a disappointing …