Publishing

Cult Japanese developer Cave is seemingly on the brink of bringing its first ever boxed Western release to the UK High Street. In recent times the studio has enjoyed great success on iPhone with hit releases DoDonPachi Resurrection and Espgaluda II, but its recent love for Xbox 360 has been …

Microsoft will not approve the XBLA release of Zombie Cow’s ‘sex education’ title Privates. The game, which is set in various body parts including genitals, was commissioned by Channel 4’s Education Department to educate young people of sexually transmitted diseases. Ultimately Microsoft advised that the game wouldn’t pass the Indie …

Prizes offered to developers who create titles that promote education

A new and interesting inclusion in Sony’s Gran Turismo 5 has been revealed that will allow gamers to play some aspects of the game remotely via a web browser. GamePro reports that the B-Spec mode – essentially a management option where gamers don’t race per se but instead control the …

The Xbox 360 Kinect will outsell Apple’s highly successful iPad – that’s the claim being made by Microsoft at the Tokyo Game Show. The pre-orders have been really strong,” official Kinect spokesperson Kudo Tsunoda told Gamasutra. As far as what we’re looking at for holiday, this is going to be …

CEO Brian Farrell says the publisher must protect itself from pre-owned losses

CLICK HERE FOR MCV’S FULLY UPDATED AND COMPREHENSIVE RELEASE SCHEDULE. The first major hardware launch of Q4 gives retailers plenty to celebrate this week as Sony’s PlayStation Move hits the hard drive. The platform holder has rolled out a wide range of launch titles catering for every type of consumer …

Xbox Live’s Hydrophobia is the lead game in Microsoft’s latest collection of digital titles – Game Feast. Like its Summer of Arcade promotion which featured games such as Limbo and Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light, Game Feast is Microsoft’s pick of new downloadable titles in early Q4. Hydrophobia …

Sega has become the latest company to back this year’s Games Media Awards. The publisher is sponsoring the Best Writer, Print category at the event, which takes place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom on Thursday, October 14th. Senior PR manager Stefan McGarry told MCV: We’re happy to support the event as …

Seven temp roles remain to wind business down; redundancy complaints raised; US studio fate unknown; announcement expected