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Ubisoft has confirmed that new IP 1666 was part of the firm’s $2.5m acquisition of THQ Montreal. The mysterious new IP is predicted to be a historical story – perhaps based around the Great Fire of London – but little is known about the title. It was being headed-up by …

Here we go. Today MCV can reveal the finalists duking it out for one of 25 prestigious games industry awards. You can see the full list of nominees for the MCV Awards 2013 below. Ubisoft leads the way with 12 nominations, followed by ten for EA, nine for Warner and …

The first Retail Concept prize at the MCV Awards will be sponsored by Nintendo Wii U. The new category was added this year to reward retailers that have explored new ways to showcase and promote video games. Nintendo Wii U is also sponsoring the 2013 award for Mainstream Retailer. This …

Darksiders developer not picked up as publisher assets sold off

SCEE has told MCV it "strongly disagrees" with the PSN hack the UK ICO hit it with today and will appeal. This morningthe UK Information Commissioners Office said April 2011’s PSN hack was a breach of the Data Protection Act, and fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which runs PSN in …

Crytek has announced that on open multiplayer beta for Crysis 3 will be available across all platforms starting 29th January. The beta will include two of the game’s 12 modes. While Crash Site is a variation of capture and hold, the heavily publicised Hunter mode sees two cloaked players stalk …

Mobile platform holder and developer becomes 36th company in trade body

Sony has been hit with a quarter of a million pounds fine for allowing customer data to be accessed when PSN was hacked. The service outage of April 2011 took down Sony’s games service and store for a month, after US-based hacker George Hotz found a way to exploit a …

THQ is officially no more. Company president Jason Rubin and CEO Brian Farrell sent out a joint letter to employees confirming the news and also detailing the fates of several of THQ’s studios and IP. THQ’s studios and game IP went under the hammer a couple of days ago, and …

Microsoft has dated its next run at the tablet market. The firm announced its Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet will hit shelves next month, on February 9th. The device will be sold at Best Buy, Staples, and Microsoft Stores in both US and Canada at launch. The Pro model features …