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Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand branches to promote World of Tanks to Southeast region

MCV has learnt that Microsoft has been telling partners that the Next Xbox will NOT include a disc drive. The briefings have been issued under what MCV’s source describes as the strictest NDA” they have ever encountered. Although the console will not include a disc drive, it will offer compatibility …

The latest numbers from sales tracker NPD show that the US video games market suffered a 20 per cent year-on-year decline to $1.06bn in February. The news comes after MCV revealed yesterday that the UK market suffered a 29 per cent decline last month. Back in the US, software suffered …

Ubisoft has revealed a few eye-catching details for their upcoming co-op tactical shooter sequelGhost Recon: Future Soldier. In a recently released video preview of the game, former Navy SEAL Richard ‘Mack’ Machowicz discusses how one mission is similar to that of the actual mission that led to Osama bin Laden’s …

In a departure from Bungie’s development strategy for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, 343 Industrieswill forgo a public multiplayer beta for the latest in the popular FPS franchise. "While we are testing Halo 4 code, gameplay, and systems at significant scale to get excellent data, input, and feedback, we are …

Valve has shot down the ‘Steam Box’ hardwarerumors that were swirling about late last week. It was originally speculated that the company was preppinga set-top box that could run PC games and use Steam or even competing services. "We’re prepping the Steam Big Picture Mode UI and getting ready to …

Indie outfit GlobZ behind TwinSpin; the first ever commercially released game made using Autodesk Scaleform

Independents Brodie, Hollis, Howe, Khandaker and Molinari urge contemporaries to get romantic

Playdemic and Rebellion on board for new publishing effort; Konami signs up too

Unreal Engine programmer says customers should be given performance options on smartphones