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THE UK launch of games streaming service OnLive reached ‘millions’ of users, says CEO Steve Perlman. That’s part of an overall global figure in the ‘tens of millions’, he told MCV – but still drew the line at giving any exact figures. OnLive went live on September 22nd and allows …

There’s still no news on the new exec director, but attendees to UKIE’s successful AGM last week would be be forgiven for thinking it didn’t need a leader. The central London meeting, attended by MCV, revealed a raft of new initiatives the trade body is implementing alongside its more traditional …

The most popular game in the world is coming to retail. Rovio Entertainment has signed up Focus Multimedia as the exclusive distributor for the Angry Birds series.The deal covers PC versions of all three games in the franchise for UK and Ireland, South Africa, plus Australia and New Zealand. It …

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As parent company Take-Two announces worsened financial losses

Speaking after the release of its latest financial figures last night, Take-Two refused to commit to a 2012 release for Grand Theft Auto V. The official date simply remains TBA. And the game wasn’t included in the publisher’s self-labelled strongest ever line-up” for fiscal 2012 alongside the likes of BioShock …

Dates set for 2012 event; Game Republic partnership signed

WildTangent app allows users to rent or buy games

Yesterday we were told that the next Xbox would be out in 2013 and integrate Windows 9. Today it’s an entirely different story. CVG has word from Windows Weekly that claims Microsoft is going down the Apple route” with its next machine. Specifically, it reckons that integration with both Windows …

A five-month global ad campaign will help Moshi Monsters enter the boxed games market with a bang. TV and print ads will run for two months worldwide around the title’s November 11th release, as will an online kids campaign that will deliver over 100m impressions.The huge Moshi Monsters community and …