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Retail turmoil will give way to excitement at E3 this June, an expectant games trade hopes. Leading games retail bosses expect to see a blockbuster line-up from Nintendo plus launch details of brand new games consoles from Sony and Microsoft – announcements that will hopefully generate more confidence in the …

As Wreck-It Ralph arrives in cinemas today, MCV talks to its director Rich Moore: Wreck-It Ralph was clearly made by someone with a real love and understanding of video games. Are you as much of fan of games as the film would suggest? Well I’m definitely someone who played a …

Assassin's Creed III shifts 12 million copies while Far Cry 3 sells 4.5 million

Exodus resumes as Mists of Pandaria expansion hype fades

Game4u is going all out with its preorder campaign for God of War: Ascension, offering five preorder bonuses if you get in early enough. Everyone who preorder Kratos’ latest rage-filled adventure from the retailer will receive the Mythological Heroes DLC and an Omega Neckchain, which is exclusive to Game4u. Over …

Publisher Konami has seen a 48 per cent drop in net income for the nine months ending December 31st. The final figure came in at 8.82bn, down from 17bn the year before. Revenue fell 18 per cent to 160.1bn. The company’s Digital Entertainment division accounted for roughly half of its …

Namco Bandai’s Ni No Kuni wasn’t just last week’s top retail game, it was also the top seller on PSN. The stylish RPG beat GTA: Vice City (No.2) and Hitman HD Trilogy (No.3) in MCV’s weekly European PSN Top Ten. The chart includes sales for the week ending February 1st. …

Employees went unpaid for six months during development of critically acclaimed PSN title

Publisher Deep Silver has teamed up with a custom vehicle specialist to build a real-life zombie killing pickup truck. It’s based on a Ford Ranger pickup and sports armoured windows, spiked wheels, a front barricade and even a rear-mounted mini-gun. The machine will be appearing at a number of events …

Minecraft is still the top selling Xbox Live Arcade game in the UK. The building title has been a massive success on Microsoft’s platform. This is only the second official UK XBLA Top Ten – which is published in MCV every week – but Minecraft has been comfortably the top …