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Former senior category manager for GAME Andy Pinder is to join HMV as its games category manager next month. The role was vacated by Martin Baxter back in April, who has since gone on to join digital retailer Green Man Gaming. Andy Pinder will report to head of technology and …

Violent video games are directly to blame for an increasing acceptance of violence in everyday society, an Australian police commissioner has claimed. The comments come in the wake of an apparent wave of stabbings amongst the younger communities of Sydney. There is nothing more potentially damaging than the sort of …

Sim City Social bears 'uncanny resemblance' to CityVille, says social games company

Sniper Elite V2, which is already in stores for Xbox 360 and PS3, is set for release for PC in India on August 15. The PC version will retail for Rs 999, while the console versions are available for Rs 3,299. The sharp-shooting military simulator and a host of other …

In yet another update to EA’s pricing strategy for upcoming games in India, the publisher has now reduced the prices for its upcoming games on PS3 and PC. FIFA 13, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Medal of Honor: Warfighter will now each be priced at Rs 2,999 on PS3 …

The PC re-release of Final Fantasy VII was made available for purchase and subsequently pulled this weekend. Early reports suggested it was because of DRM woes, but MCV has been told it had been made live by mistake, hence being pulled. The game ran for $12.70 for a short period …

A leaked image appears to point to a new Prince of Persia game in the works. The screenshot, labled ‘POP_ZERO_2,’ was posted by a user on the Ubisoft forums in response to those questioning the current dormancy of the long-running franchise. Kotaku also points to shots posted on Neogaf back …

XSEED has announced a US release date for Way of the Samurai 4. The title will arrive on Playstation 3 via the Playstation Network for $39.99 on August 21st. Way of the Samurai 4’s western release was originally revealed back in April, it’s been out in Japan since March of …

It appears Crysis 3 won’t be making its way onto Wii U, at least not anytime soon. Just to answer the speculation, we are not currently working on a wiiU version of #Crysis3,” Crytek general manager Nick Button-Brown posted on Twitter. The statement follows word of the CryEngine 3 running …

The Blazblue series has sold 1.7m units worldwide, Aksys has announced. 800k, or just under half, of the copies were sold in the US according to a post on the publisher’s website. Arc System’s 2D fighting franchise debuted on consoles back in 2009 with Blazblue: Calamity Trigger, and the game’s …