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The 2012 MCV Industry Excellence Awards take place on April 19th at a new venue and with reduced ticket prices. Today we’re also revealing the full list of awards for the Retail category – which now has an added award for digital retailers. Nintendo is sponsoring the Retail segment, which …

THQ has appointed industry veteran Julian Woods as vice president of UK & Export, putting him in charge of all THQ operations in the UK. Woods (left) joins after 16 years at Microsoft, where his most recent position was regional director for Middle East and Africa. I’m incredibly excited,” he …

Nintendo 3DS became last week’s biggest selling games device – and it might even sell out before Christmas. The portable appears to have overcome is stuttering launch in recent weeks, with hardware sales growing exponentially. MCV can reveal that the Metallic Red 3DS – released in September – is sold …

New mobile apps streaming console-quality games to tablet devices start going live from today courtesy of OnLive. The cloud gaming firm has introduced new software that lets gamers play high-end games on touch-screen mobiles. At the time of writing, exact timings of the apps’ releases are TBC, but Android is …

Cloud-gaming service OnLive may be on a mission to eliminate the console, but that isn’t stopping it launching hardware: a universal joypad controller. Costing 39.99 and going on sale soon, the joypad is designed for PC, connected TV and tablet users of OnLive and works with most games in the …

Streaming games firm OnLive has promoted one of its key staff to run its new UK office. Bruce Grove, previously the company’s senior director of engineering, has become UK general manager. He has more than ten years of engineering management for enterprise systems, software, gaming hardware and even jet engines …

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Publisher Kalypso Media has signed the rights to publish Telltale’s downloadable Jurassic Park game in boxed form early next year. Jurassic Park: The Game will arrive in retailers in the UK, Europe, Australia, South Africa and Asia in Q1 2012 on Xbox 360 and PC. There is currently no word …

Activision will be publishing the video game companion to Sony Pictures’ The Amazing Spider-Man. The title will launch alongside its big screen namesake in 2012. The movie is a reboot of the popular superhero series and is due to hit cinemas over the summer. Activision’s The Amazing Spider-Man is being …

Four unsigned projects take the industry spotlight