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In the first of four interviews, MCV looks at different aspects of EA’s business. First up, we sit down with EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson. One of the few surprises at E3 this year was that EA has secured the Ultimate Fighting Championship licence from THQ in a multi-game deal. …

In the first of a new daily feature on MCVuk.com, we recommend a recent or upcoming title – be it on console, PC, browser or smartphone – that we reckon is worthy of your time and money. I Am Alive was once notable for being a digital-only release. But as …

A brand new peripheral is threatening to eclipse the advances made by technologies such as Kinect. Called Leap, the small device – which connects via USB and is about the size of a flash drive – is said by its developers to be 200x more accurate than any other motion …

Developers need to focus on cross-platform gameplay and connectivity, says Cevat Yerli

Hackable console reaches $7.7m in final day of crowdfunding campaign

Development giant joins Square Enix and U4ia in supporting new platform

It’s a tough time in the games industry, as is evidenced by some shocking numbers from the UK High Street. Still, the news is quite different for digital retail, with Minecraft developer Mojang enjoying soaring profits and digital-only release NASCAR flying off the virtual shelves. Here’s a roundup of the …

China branch to work on CryEngine 3 and provide support for free-to-play shooter Warface

Olympics fever was good news for publishers of Olympic-based games, but it wasn’t enough to save the UK games market from its worst performance ever last week. UKIE/Chart-Track data reveals that the total value of the physical UK games market for the week ending July 28th 2012 was 8.40m – …

MMO failed to gain traction amongst marketers and publishers, claims studio