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Microsoft is to chop up previous full release Kinect Sports: Season Two into smaller, downloadable chunks. Specifically, three of the game’s individual events are to be made available for 240 Microsoft Points each – Darts vs Zombies, Ski Race and 3 Point Contest. Each will offer a total of 50 …

Swrve raises $6.25m to fund product development

John McAfee, the millionaire founder of McAfee Anti-Virus, is on the run from Belize police after his neighbour, Gregory Faull, was found murdered. Faull died of a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. The 67-year old claims to have hidden from police, who were looking to question …

Retailer Blockbuster has ventured into the world of digital publishing with a brand new iPad, Android and Kindle magazine. Covering films and games, it’s free to download and contain lots of rich media such as embedded video, interactive content and interviews. The publication is produced in-house and obviously links through …

Be warned, dear readers – a cunning scam is currently thriving in the US that tricks punters into buying a fake iPad. It is speculated that the rouse is being perpetrated by the same gang of hooligans that have been spotted in Weston-super-Mare selling pencils to pensioners, tricking them into …

Tami Reller now overseeing company's OS business

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will hit store shelves tomorrow, the game’s Indian distributor as confirmed. The game was originally scheduled for release today, but World Wide CD ROMs had told MCV that there were some customs delays due to the fact that the release coincides with Diwali. WWC …

It’s one of the biggest triple-A franchises in gaming – so it might surprise you to learn that Crysis is struggling to break even. I’m not talking about being greedy and we want more sales. But effectively Crysis 1 and 2 and 3 are just about breaking even. If we …

Gem is running another trio of deals this week for independent retailers. Indies can pick two titles from the Classic range, and the shooter Halo ODST, for 14. Classic titles includes Gears of War, Mass Effect, Fable II, Halo 4, Halo Wars, Gears of War 2 and more. Meanwhile, the …

Brian Schneider and Steve Desilets assume senior roles at free-to-play studio