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The NPD Group has released its October US retail report, showing another major YOY decline in overall sales. The market saw a 25 per cent drop to $755.5m for the period compared to the $1bn made in October 2011. The group is quick to point out that the data only …

Rockstar has at last laid bare its ambitious plans for Grand Theft Auto V. As detailed by US mag Game Informer and reported by CVG, Rockstar says that GTAV’s gameworld is bigger than GTA San Andreas, GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption combined. It even features a fully modelled ocean …

RIM's Volker Hirsch on Blackberry's ambitious new vision

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In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, HMV expands with the creation of a new role and we look at the best job opportunities in games. HMV hires business relations manager The retail giant sees Nadia Akhtar join as the firm’s new business relationships manager. …

Sara's Cooking Class is first in social game maker's mobile assault

EA has announced that BioWare’s MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will become free-to-play in all territories on November 15th. The F2P system will allow players to experience all of the class storylines through to the current level cap – level 50. Existing subscribers will be boosted with free Cartel …

Successful developers to receive seed funding, shared office space and dev tools

It’s nearly Friday! What will you be doing this weekend? Out with your mates? A spot of Christmas shopping with your other half? Us? Oh, we’ll be sitting outside HMV in a tent waiting for a game to be released next week. We’re joking, of course. We’ve got Taylor Pelling …

Ubisoft has confirmed that it is to release another of its digital titles on the High Street. The Settler Online, which until now has only been available in browsers, will receive a boxed release on December 7th. However, whereas the browser version is free the boxed release will cost 19.99. …