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Angry Birds Space has topped 100m downloads since its launch in March. Rovio announced the achievement today through their twitter account. The game reached 50m downloads just over a month ago, which suggests the game has lost very little of the traction it’s had since the title’s launch. With seemingly …

After the Xbox E3 press briefing, MCV took the time to speak with the CMO of Mircosoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, Yusuf Mehdi. Mehdi came out of the Online Services Business, and has been in the new role working on Xbox for 7 months, and delivered a talk during the press …

MCV recently got the opportunity to sit down with Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios, to talk about the brand at E3. How important is it for Sony to push unproven concepts? Is it something done to demonstrate what the console is capable of achieving? From my perspective, it’s …

Industry image improves as gaming becomes more prevalent

Origin opts for long-term strategy over mass sales

Mobile monetisation big challenge for developers

Post-press conference share value falls on Japanese stock market, while Sony's climbs

Canadian trade body on board as Drinks Reception Partner, as 8th June early bird discount deadline nears

Freelance audio director and former BioWare sound man Simon Pressey explores what Wwise brought to the Mass Effect universe

Industry insight or wishful thinking? Global games retail giant GameStop believes that the PS4 and Xbox 720 won’t incorporate pre-owned blocking technology. Since the turn of the year separate rumours have suggested that both the Next Xbox and the PS4 would utilise methods to either prevent gamers from playing games …