Publishing

Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia has declared online deathmatches are key to the strength to the Call Of Duty series. Speaking to MCV at Activision’s multiplayer reveal in Los Angeles, he claimed multiplayer is critical to [the franchise’s] success” and that Treyarch has never been more fired up” to deliver …

Just days before the company is due to rebrand to UKIE, ELSPA boss Michael Rawlinson today took to the stage at the Abertay Digital Spark conference to call for unity in the industry. Here, MCV presents the full transcript of his speech, which covers why the organisation is rebranding, what …

Publisher Sony has taken the interesting step of offering players the chance to purchase a small piece of extra functionality in online shooter MAG in return for paying a monthly fee. As of yesterday, players are now able to purchase additional character slots for the game that allow them to …

Publisher Electronic Arts alleges that Tim Langdell intended to deceive” the United States Patent and Trademark Office with his treatment of the Edge trademark. Tim Langdell, the owner of Edge Games so routinely embroiled in trademark disputes, had previously fired accusations at EA over its ambitious 2008 FPS Mirror’s Edge. …

Most games firms crossing the line from boxed product to digital distribution tend to keep one foot on the High Street. While publishers like EA and Square Enix experiment with releasing download-only outings for major franchises such as Battlefield and Lara Croft, others have wholeheartedly leapt into the digital realm …

Sony may have successfully (for now) curtailed sales of the first ever PS3 hack, but as feared the first clone of the device have appeared online – and more worryingly for Sony, it is free to download. Called PSGroove, the download allows PS3 owners to run unofficial code on their …

SCEA has released pictures of its Limited Edition God of War: Ghost of Sparta Entertainment Pack, which has confirmed for launch in the US on November 2nd. The SKU will include a two-coloured red and black PSP-3000, a copy of the game, a voucher to download a full copy of …

The company behind the controversial PSJailbreak, a device that allows users to play homebrew and pirated code on PS3 for the first time, has asserted its position in the face of Sony’s legal challenge to the product. Last week Sony was been granted a temporary injunction preventing the importing or …

Microsoft’s decision to increase some of its subscription prices for Xbox Live Gold membership is understandable and will not damage the service, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich has stated. The platform holder yesterday announced that monthly XBL Gold membership will increase from 4.99 to 5.99 in the UK, with annual US …

2K Games is officially the Don of the UK Charts this week with news that new release Mafia II has shot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. The Xbox 360 version of the game accounts for 52 per cent of sales, …