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Following on from Part 1 yesterday, MCV continues its discussion with Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida. Are you happy with the Vita’s first showing at E3? Well, actually, I got lots of tweets to my account complaining that there weren’t many PS Vita games being talked about. In retrospect, …

Three games added to highest profile indie bundle ever

The latest issue of MCV is now available digitally, and it includes lots of post-game analysis of E3. We lead with a round-up that points out how the Electronic Entertainment Expo this year has seen publishers focus on showing offgames for the core gamer, with mature themes and action titles …

Federal and Rhode Island Police investigation of studio underway

New version introduces 'significant' memory and performance optimisations

Whale Trail IAP update upsets consumers weeks after Papa Quash controversy

Six months after submission cloud gaming outfit still working hard to make app live

Ongoing rumours suggesting Vivendi is considering selling owned publisher Activision have once again resurfaced. Bloomberg reports that a decision will be made at a senior executive meeting this month. The most likely option is a sale of its 60 per cent stake in Activision Blizzard. It adds that Vivendi has …

There’s only one day left of E3, but fear not – the next big games show is only two months away. Gamescom will return to Cologne’s Koelnmesse on August 15th and runs until August 19th. And this time it will be even bigger – 140,000 square metres bigger to be …

Indie developer Ustwo looks to have walked headlong into a fresh PR disaster following an unpopular update to its smash hit iOS app Whale Trail. One-star user reviews are flooding onto the game’s App Store page after a recent update added in-app purchases to the game. What has irked users …