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Rumours suggest that Ziff Davis is on the brink of an acquisition of IGN. Bloomberg reckons IGN owner News International is willing to accept a figure below $100m for the company. As well as its gaming, movie and TV operations, IGN also owns Gamespy.com and Askmen.com. The move comes as …

Alex Peake promises refunds, rewards and back pay when team has money

EA is closing in on a couple of milestones for its Madden NFL franchise. The publisher has announced that the game will celebrate its 25th anniversary by ditching the upcoming season’s year in the title for Madden NFL 25. The game is set to launch on August 27th. EA has …

Namco Bandai is celebrating what some would call a surprise chart victory for Ni No Kuni this morning. The PS3-only JRPG, co-developed by established Japanese developers Level 5 and film animation master Studio Ghibli, will shortly be unveiled as the UK’s new No.1 in the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top …

Mojang CEO Carl Manneh has revealed the Minecraft developer brought in revenue of nearly $240m last year. In an interview translated by GI.biz, Manneh explained how the total (which included $100m from license fees) was still difficult to comprehend for the independent developer. "It’s almost hard to grasp," said Manneh. …

Former Zynga design chief and Firaxis dev wants to bring back strategy through mobile

Valve has announced Steam’s top selling titles for the week ending on February 2nd, revealing a pair of new releases have made their mark on the chart this time around. Indie Antichamber fired out of the starting gate late last week to claim the fourth spot on the list, while …

New platform promises more open back-end services for mobile developers

Our monthly studio recruitment update looks at Fishlabs, Mediatonic and Swallowtail

In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, UK publishers eye THQ staff and we look at the best job opportunities. THQ UK staff seek new employement 40 UK staff will be made unemployed following the collapse of THQ – but new employers are expressing interest. Staff …