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The Namco X Capcom Industry Fight Club Christmas special event has already passed its 5,000 target for charity GamesAid – but there’s time yet to make it an even bigger success. The event takes place on Friday 2nd December at Namco Station, Westminster SE1 7PB. Proceedings kick off at 6pm. …

It takes a strong willed fellow to stand up to the mighty Shigeru Miyamoto, but that’s exactly what happened in the development of 3DS racer Mario Kart 7. "The way the gliders fly isn’t particularly faithful to real life, but I think it feels pretty good in action," he told …

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Patent issues with Creative Labs resolved

As hinted at yesterday, ‘80s British games icon Dizzy is set to return. His modern arrival comes in the form of an iOS remake of 1991 title Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk for iPhone and iPad, as well as for Google’s Android platform. Furthermore, the release is nearly upon us …

Weekly updates to the best selling iPhone and iPad games

Range of improvements to Windows edition of the tech

MCV is now available as part of Apple’s Newsstand service, offering free access to an enhanced digital edition of the magazine every week, sponsored by Shorewood Blueprint. If you don’t already have the existing MCV iPad app installed on your device, simply click here to download the newly-released Newsstand version …

Original project director Paul Ranson heading development on Prince of the YolkFolk remake

Active anti-games campaigner and Labour MP Keith Vaz has raised his fourth early day motion aimed at quelling the effect of violent games, this time targeting Activision’s Modern Warfare 3. And just like those that have gone before, it’s totally without substance. This House is deeply concerned about the recently …