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In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, we round up the latest Microsoft appointments and look at the best job opportunities. MICROSOFT RESHUFFLES STUDIOS MANAGEMENT In case you missed news of Microsoft’s new Lift London studio earlier this week, it was accompanied by a couple of …

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Developer behind Stacking and Costume Quest seeks to buy IP in THQ collapse

Call of Duty publisher is making good on its promise to create another billion dollar franchise. Activision has just announced that Skylanders has, after just over a year on the market, already made a total of $500m in revenue in the US. When the toy-and-video game hybrid was launched, the …

Reports suggest Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions may be interested in buying IP in the THQ auction later this month. Step aboard the train of logic. Distressed Debt Investing, the same site that first confirmed the auction, posted on itsTwitteraccount: "Double Fine has requested the bankruptcy filings in the THQ …

Speculation lately about the decline and ultimate death of the games console is rife these days. Sliding sales of boxed games and a severely depressed hardware market certainly aren’t dispelling that notion. And more and more the people that were once on the fringes of the trade – mobile developers, …

Game based on sequel to Christmas classic also manages to top app store charts

UK retailers have told MCV that they are keen to stock Valve’s Steam-box and Nvidia’s Shield. A Steam-box style product named Piston and Nvidia’s new console Shield was showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, putting pressure on Microsoft and Sony who have yet to lift the lid on …