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MCV’s sister site Music Week, the globally renowned b2b media brand at the heart of the music industry, has unveiled a brand new version of its websitewww.musicweek.com. The much needed overhaul comes less than a year after the brand was acquired by independent trade publisher Intent Media and follows a …

New Super Mario Bros 2 will be the first Nintendo game to get a simultaneous digital and retail release – and Nintendo wants its customer base to experiment. All Nintendo games come with a Club Nintendo Coins card that can be redeemed against goodies. The standard Coins reward for a …

'Innovation within software is basically free, and it's growing incredibly rapid. Patents only slow it down', says Persson

Consumers 'are more willing to invest in original content at the start of a new generation'

A second high-profile publisher figure has bemoaned the extended lifecycles of the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. "What we missed was a new console every five years," Ubisoft CEO and co-founder Yves Guillemot told Gamasutra. "We have been penalized by the lack of new consoles on the market. I understand …

US dev 'made the decision not to work on an additional update' despite support, claims console giant

The world’s decent into Bat-fever has no doubt played a part this week in helping Warner Bros’ LEGO Batman 2 to its fifth consecutive UK No.1 this week. That’s the best consecutive performance posted by any title so far in 2012. However, whilst the Dark Knight saw a ten per …

Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has responded to the thinly veiled criticism it has received from Fez developer Polytron regarding the game’s controversial patch. The game’s lead developer Phil Fish hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons last week after stating that his company would not be fixing a …

EA has priced FIFA 13 at Rs 3,499 on PS3 and Rs 1,799 for PC, one of the publisher’s Indian distributors has revealed. Milestone Interactive, who distributes EA’s Playstation and PC releases in India, confirmed the prices to retailers over the weekend. In addition to the aforementioned PS3 and PC …

Perpetually growing mobile games company Gree has unveiled plans for a new studio located in Vancouver. The new western branch of the company would be focused on the free-to-play in the mobile gaming department. Gree also owns a studio in San Francisco following the acquisition of Funzio. The news has …