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The latest Xbox 360 deal from Gem has arrived, with the UK distributor giving away Xbox Live points and cutting prices on accessories. For independent retailers that order an Xbox 360 Wireless Pad with Halo: Combat Evolved, they will received 800 Microsoft points for free. Meanwhile, there is 25 per …

Assassin’s Creed Anthology will be released in the UK on November 30th, publisher Ubisoft has announced. The SKU will cost a massive 120 and will be available for Xbox 360 and the PS3 in the UK only through Amazon. The bundle includes Assassin’s Creed, ACII, AC Brotherhood, AC Revelations and …

Mediatonic CEO David Bailey on forming a thriving game development business

Questionnaire looks into issues such as copyright, IP ownership and licensing

Free UK magazine ShortList is celebrating a gaming first this morning. Today’s issue features what editor Martin Robinson describes as the world’s first playable gaming cover”. Using augmented reality app Blippar, the cover can be turned – or ‘blipped’ – into a playable version of ‘80s title Chuckie Egg. There’s …

People don’t want to pay for games. That’s what MCV was told repeatedly at E3. And indeed many of this year’s high-growth or most controversial games – World of Tanks, League of Legends, CSR Racing amongst others – were absolutely free. Of course anyone that has followed this market as …

Sebastian James, group CEO of Dixons Retail, has told Radio 5 Live this morning that the firm hopes to offer Comet staff around 2,000 jobs over Christmas. Comet,which went into administration last week,is currently still trading, but its 7,000 employees all risk losing their jobs before the holidays. James commented:"Comet …

The iOS version of Microsoft’s Smartglass is now available to download on the Apple App Store. The Android version was released last week. The App allows you to use your smartphone or tablet as an additional input device for the Xbox 360. In some cases it will allow you to …

Valve has announced a partnership with UOL BoaCompra to allow Steam users to pay for products with Brazilian currency. To start only Boleto (billing slip) will be accepted as payment, though other local methods are planned in the coming months including deposits, account transfers, and local credit cards. The addition …

Ubisoft has reported its earnings for the first half of its fiscal 2012. During the period running from April 1st through September 30th of this year, the company saw gross profits of around $247m – a 21 per cent increase from the same six months in 2011. That said, with …