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With many of the big late-October and early-November releases out of the way, the latest Game4u preorder chart features several first-time appearances. The top position, however, remains unchaged, with the delayed PC version of Assassin’s Creed 3 still reigning supreme. The console versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 …

Sega is encouraging gamers to pre-order its delayed budget priced action title Anarchy Reigns by dangling three specific carrots. The Anarchy Reigns Limited Edition Day One SKU will be supplied to all those who pre-order the game. It includes two additional multiplayer game modes – Mad Survival and Dogfight. More …

Gameshastra will release its first completely in-house developed game – Rescube, later this month. Scheduled for release on iOS and Android devices, Rescube follows the (mis)adventures of Gisu, an alien who finds himself stranded on an unknown planet when all he really wanted was a vacation in Hawaii. The puzzle …

Former Ogre Battle and Final Fantasy dev to take break from development

Shares in tech giant Apple have slid 20 per cent since the launch of the iPhone 5 in September. That represents a loss in value of over 80bn, with shares reaching a five-month low during yesterday’s trading. It is currently worth in the region of $530bn. Apple’s share price hit …

Judges impressed by students' output on genetics-themed games

Mists of Pandaria expansion helps halt decline with 2.7 million copies sold in first week

This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it features an analysis of the new Call of Duty and its bid to beat Halo and Skyfall to become the biggest entertainment launch of the year. We also reveal the new-look MCV Awards and speak to EA’s free-to-play boss …

Ten million sales of Diablo III and strong Skylanders performance raises full-year expectations to nearly £3bn

Square Enix and E-xpress Interactive hosted a preview even for Hitman: Absolution in Mumbai last night. Present at the event was Square Enix’s export marketing manager Anthony Newall, who presented a gameplay demo from Absolution as well as a brief gameplay snippet from Tomb Raider. Demos aside, Newall also presented …