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MCV’s sister siteMobile Entertainment has appointed Mike Shaw as its new editor. The appointment reflects the confidence of the ME brand and its central position in the dynamic mobile content community. Mike will work alongside executive editor Tim Green, sales manager Katy Phillips and staff writer Zen Terrelonge on the …

NASSCOM today announced that Glen Schofield, co-founder and CEO of Sledgehammer Games, will deliver a keynote speech at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2012. The NGDC is India’s largest annual games summit. This year’s event is expected to draw over 1,200 attendees from all spheres of the gaming industry, …

Xbox 8, or perhaps Xbox ∞ (Xbox Infinity) could be the name of the successor to Xbox 360. The speculation has arisen after Fusible reported that Microsoft had acquired two URLs – Xbox8.us and Xbox8.org. Not only has it acquired them, but it fought to do so, winning two disputes …

'There used to be so many kinds of games, but now all I see is the same kind of game, it's a little sad'

The shareholders of Frogster Interactive pictures have voted to change the names of its three subsidiaries. Frogster Interactive Pictures AG will change its name to Gameforge Berlin AG. Frogster Online Gaming, which handles the company’s European operations, is to be fully integrated into Gameforge Berlin. In addition, two other operations …

High Moon Studios set to make announcement during Comic-Con panel called 'Marvel Video Games'

Trond Arne Aas takes up 'freer role' as chief strategy officer

Yoshiro Kimura to focus on creating smaller titles at Japan-based development outfit

The developer behind Activision’s War for Cybertron and the upcoming Fall of Cybertron seems to be on the cusp of revealing a new Marvel-based property. GameSpot reports that the schedule for Comic-Con 2012 says that Activision and High Moon Studios will make an announcement during a panel entitled Marvel Video …

Free-to-play is not necessarily a dangerous monster stalking the innocent gamer.But at times it feels like it could be. Digging through the transcript of a 2011 stockholder meeting, Xbox360Achievements discovered the following comments from EA CEO John Riccitiello: When you are six hours into playing Battlefield and you run out …