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InMCV’s weekly round-up of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Nintendo names its new UK marketing boss and we look at the best job opportunities available. SCE UK restructures with Pannell Murray Pannell has been named as the new SCE UK marketing director. Pannell (far left) departed Ubisoft …

Develop investigates Square Enix's impressive new development platform

Junebud shut down due to an 'unsustainable financial position'

It has only been out a week, but already New Super Mario Bros 2 is one of the 3DS’ biggest selling video games. The game has sold 430,185 copies in Japan according to data from Enterbrain. It follows the release of the 3DS XL (or 3DS LL as it is …

Linkin Park and Fort Minor frontman Mike Shinoda will score the soundtrack for the upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter. Meanwhile a new Linkin Park song Castle of Glass – off the band’s No.1 album Living Things – will feature in-game footage of Warfighter. It’s not the first time Linkin Park …

Publisher to integrate multiplayer server and matchmaking tools into future titles

Gaikai and Shiny founder David Perry's award-winning career in focus in our packed new issue

It’s most likely that 2012’s top three best-selling games will be Call of Duty, FIFA and Assassin’s Creed. But not in that order, says Ubisoft. EMEA managing director Alain Corre has told MCV he hopes momentum behind Assassin’s Creed III will push it to the No.2 slot this year. The …

Event to bring together developers, publishers and funders to network and do business

Time’s up for our media assassins – now it’s your turn, retailers. MCV and Square Enix is looking for the UK games industry’s deadliest assassin with our Hitman Sniper Challenge competition. The best performers each month will win a 16Gb Wi-Fi iPad 2 and a 10" Agent 47 statue. The …