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Marvelous AQL has announced the upcoming PC release of Half-Minute Hero – and the game will mark the first digital game from its new European team. The Japanese publisher is a serious player in the digital games space in Japan, but is now hoping to build a similar business in …

The developer of Call of Juarez has ditched retail for its next title and is determined to make its mark on digital instead. Polish studio Techland told MCV it wants to push the quality of digital titles” with its upcoming downloadable FPS, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, which was announced today …

MCV’s Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, aims to cover all aspects of gaming careers – from entry level roles to the upper echelons. Commercial directors are often mentioned among the latter, so we speak to IGN’s Adam Hopkinson to find out what this position actually involves: How …

Nokia and Microsoft may have grabbed the headlines yesterday with the new Lumia 920, but their time in the spotlight may be short-lived. The Verge claims to have words from multiple sources that Amazon will later today announce the first Amazon smartphone. It’s said to run off an adapted version …

Have this week’s fresh issue of MCV to hand? Then turn to page 9… Mind Candy is offering MCV readers a free day’s membership for its online phenomenon Moshi Monsters with a golden ticket stuck to each issue. This week’s magazine, which lands on subscribers’ desks starting today, features the …

Ubisoft has announced that Mark Slaughter has assumed the role of head of marketing at its UK office. Slaughter has been promoted to the role following four years with the company. The move follows the departure of former marketing boss Murray Pannell, who left Ubisoft in July to take up …

A brand new accessible Classic Mode is the headline feature of the freshly announced Football manager 2013. Described by publisher Sega as a seismic shift” in the series, FM2013’s Classic Mode offers an alternative, less time-consuming” game type that is hoped will appeal to those who have until now found …

Konami today finally announced the release date for Pro Evolution Soccer 2013, and it’s just a couple of weeks away and a week before the release of rival FIFA 13. This date applies to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of the game, while the release dates for the …

Most games publishers are dipping their toe in the tempting waters of free-to-play gaming, but Ubisoft is diving in with both feet. The publisher has invited press from across Europe to its Digital Days event in Paris today, where the firm is showing off its blockbuster free-to-play line-up – headlined …