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The first daily news and community resource for trade and consumers across India will go live during the build-up to the world’s biggest games show this summer. MCV India will officially launch just ahead of E3 in Los Angeles and offer English language, locally-derived content. Mumbai-based Sameer Desai has been …

A new Wii game built specifically for UK families launches in summer. Nintendo’s Quiz Party is a trivia game packed with brain teasers and puzzles. It lets an unlimited number of players take part using just one Wii Remote. It’s even hosted by British TV quizmaster Roy Walker, of Catchphrase …

ShopTo has made a serious play into the streaming media space. The company has bought movie firm FetchTV out of administration, MCV can reveal. Fetch’s app is pre-installed on thousands of set top boxes and smart TVs. Increasingly-important ShopTo will allow users to stream movies on its website. But that’s …

The collapse of GAME took a heavy toll on the UK games retail market last month. 2.7m games were sold during March, a whopping 34 per cent drop on the 4.1m games sold during the same period in 2011. In total, retail generated 67.7m last month, a year-on-year drop of …

Key summer event returns on July 11th in Brighton â?? deadline for nominations is April 18th

Your guide to July's key event for European game studios

As sure as night follows day, reports of problems have followed the release of a new patch for Mass Effect 3. Eurogamer reports that the Xbox 360 version appears to be particularly effected, although some PS3 users have also reported problems. The main issue appears to be an inability to …

PlayStation has been given the full backing of Sony CEO Kaz Hirai today as the executive outlined a plan to reverse Sony’s sliding fortunes. The company has admitted that it will post a loss of around $6.4bn for the current financial year and shares in the company fell by seven …

Alawar Entertainment has announced Treasures of Montezuma Blitz, a puzzle title in the style of Bejeweled and the very first free-to-play game for the PlayStation Vita. Vita owners can download the title on the PSN for free, and all power-ups can either be earned in-game or purchased as micro transactions …

ZeniMax Media has submitted several trademark applications for the iconic ‘Fus Ro Dah’ saying in Bethesda’s action RPG Skyrim. The six different trademark applications (submitted last week) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office all relate to the dragonborn shout, and include goods, computer game software, and entertainment services. …