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The Interactive business was notable in Disney’s recent financials for being the company’s only unit to fail to post a profit. GameSpot reports that Disney Interactive, home to amongst other things its video games operations, was the only one to post a loss for both Disney’s most recent quarter and …

New RIM smartphone platform hopes to revive mobile outfit's fortunes with 2013 release

Huge tech celebration takes place on Thursday, November 29th 2012 at the Royal Garden Hotel, London

Q4 has got off to a rough start for UK?games retail, with fewer games sold in October than September. In total 2.83m games were sold last month, a fall of 29.5 per cent over the same period a year ago. This is also 20.5 per cent down over September, which …

Our shooty Man showdown cover answers a question we posed back in May when The Avengers was rocking the Box Office. ‘Where are games’ heroes?’, MCV asked, at a time when cinema was showing you can part customers with their money on the promise of high-octane antics usually reserved for …

Stand back Bond, Batman and Iron Man – it’s now the turn of video games to hog the spotlight. Blockbuster shooters Call of Duty and Halo are set to beat the record-breaking opening week for the new James Bond movie, Skyfall. The cinematic action romp has generated 37.2m in just …

3D graphics API only for new Microsoft OS users

The Wii U arrives in the US this weekend, but one leading analyst has claimed Nintendo will need to up its game if it wants the new console to replicate the success of its predecessor. IHS Screen Digest analyst Piers Harding-Rolls does, however, believe that Wii U will have a …

Investor believes developer expand with its backing

Activision insists it takes street dates ‘very seriously’ following reports of early selling of Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The firm told MCV that it is ‘looking at appropriate action,’ but insists that these incidents are the ‘exceptions.’ Some consumers have received their copies of Black Ops II early, …