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Big games brands are known the world over, but do consumers know the firms behind them? Harris Interactive research director Lee Langford examines how brand awareness could help publishers… Many games franchises now easily outgross Hollywood movies so increasing media attention means that even members of the non-gaming fraternity, your …

A new type of die hopes to change the way people play virtual board games. Dice+ can be used to interact with a digital board game, whether it’s played on a tablet, mobile or traditional game platform. It contains a number of patents and works out elements of the selection …

Industry veteran wants to work with toy suppliers to bring dice rolling to virtual games

'Developers who stick with virtual currency will get left behind', says Jonathan Flesher

As the blockbuster-packed Q1 takes shape, EA is ensuring that Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3 stand out with ‘triple-A’ marketing campaigns and pre-order incentives. For Crysis 3, EA and developer Crytek have readied a special ‘Hunter Edition’ of the title, and is also running a series of pre-order initiatives …

Scribes for Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, Uncharted: Golden Abyss and 007 Legends round off the nominees list

The Conservative MP for North Oxfordshire Tony Baldry has accused troubled retail HMV of theft. The charges relate to the retailer’s continued sale of gift vouchers until the day it went into administration and then the subsequent decision by administrators Deloitte to block their use in store. I suspect, like …

This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it features Disney vs Activision as the battle for video game toys begins. We also analyse the challenges faced by HMV, THQ and Play.com and run our exclusive 2012 retail charts. We’ve listed the contents in full below. Download our …

The damage done by the potential evaporation of HMV on the High Street will hit closer to home in the music and film markets than it will for games. Should the worst happen, the material impact for games could be shrugged off, albeit annoyingly, for many. But in DVD/Blu-ray and …

Video games have again become central to America’s heated debate on gun ownership that erupted in the aftermath of December’s Newtown school shootings. President Obama yesterday revealed a 23-step plan designed to address America’s gun violence problem. And one of those steps is an order for the Center for Disease …