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Last year Ubisoft told MCV it would take on EA and Activision as the world’s top publisher.One year later, and the firm is Europe’s No.2 games company thanks to its biggest ever Q4.MCV asks CEO Yves Guillemot how Ubisoft stole Christmas. Christmas 2011 was a challenging time for the global …

The surprise news as we went to press on MCV magazine earlier this week was that Nintendo’s Dawn Paine is to leave the firm next month to take an important role at Universal Pictures. The move says plenty about about how drawn to games other forms of entertainment have become.Hugely …

The Resident Evil 6 ad campaign has already begun – ten months before the game hits shelves. Last week Capcom surprised fans with a spooky Resident Evil 6 trailer, and revealed the game would be out sooner than expected – November 20th, 2012. Capcom marked the horror blockbuster’s reveal with …

Demo details how aspects of the game's complex puzzles work

The average RRP of a boxed PlayStation Vita game in the UK on launch day will be 33, MCV can reveal. The news comes as Vita gets its second 44.99 RRP title in the shape of FIFA Football. It joins Sony’s own Uncharted: Golden Abyss in the full-price tier. Vita …

Social network to shift focus to titles developed in-house

Retailer Blockbuster has signalled its growing intention in the games space by striking its first DLC exclusivity deal. Thanks to an agreement with EA, those who pre-order Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 with the chain will receive two bonus golfer foursome downloads. The first will allow gamers to play with …