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After first showing up on Amazon’s German and Italian sites, Mirror’s Edge 2 has now popped up on EA’s own website. The follow-up to 2008’s cult hit could well be unveiled at EA’s E3 press conference, which will take place on 10th June. The page on EA.com has now been …

Company hires Morgan Stanley and Citigroup to look into a separate entertainment IPO

Studio that sparked crowdfunding craze hits platform again for new strategy title

As Indie Retail Month in association with Gem continues, we take a look at Rice Digital as part of focus on the UK’s top indie innovators. Rice Digital MD Geraint Evans tells MCV how the site is tackling a side of the market some still don’t know exists. How did …

Update: Reliance has pulled Borderwar Defence Patrol from all carriers and stores while it fixes its ‘lapse in the QA process’.The company has issued the following statement: ‘We acknowledge that there has been a lapse in the QA process and we have acted immediately on having this resolved. The game …

The next entry in our Indie Retail Month look at the UK’s top indie innovators is video game stall Retrobution. Dave James-Turvey tells MCV how he has created a portable version of his popular video games stall. How has the stall developed since arriving on the High Street?It opened on …

The first screenshots of Ashes Cricket 2013 have been released, featuring England and Australia doing battle at Lords. This is the first bit of in-game media that has been released for the game, which is scheduled for release next month. They’re cutting it pretty close. Ashes Cricket 2013 will feature …

As our Indie Retail Month continues, we turn our attention to some of the most inventive indies on the scene that aim to bring consumers something a little different from the rest. First up is Game On. Owner Emma Mills tells MCV how Magic the Gathering card events have done …

Kristian Segerstrale on why developers should concentrate their efforts on a single platform

The latest game from Reliance’s Borderwar franchise is out now on Android, Blackberry and Java platforms. Borderwar Defence Patrol is a tower defence game set in a futuristic World War 3 setting. Gameplay sees the player in-charge of a turret to hold off enemy offences. Enemies include ground units such …