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Number of paying customers has doubled since April

As has become tradition, Activision is tonight hosting a huge launch event for the most anticipated game of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. And if you’re not lucky enough to have a ticket yourself, you can watch the whole thing right here on this page on MCVuk.com. …

A little over a year after launching, LEGO has announced its attention to close its free-to-play MMO title LEGO Universe in January. The decision has lead to the closure of two of the firm’s studios; Play Well in the US and a second facility in Denmark. As many as 115 …

Two studios to close as money runs dry for free-to-play MMO

Despite dropping 54 per cent of its sales compared to last week, EA has fended off some strong opposition to remain the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1 for the second week in a row. It’s the first time a game in the Battlefield series that has retained its place …

The obvious thing would have been to release a gritty war saga, but Activision has produced something different for its live-action ad for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Called ‘The Vet & The n00b’, the short sees an experienced soldier train an average Joe in the art of warcraft. …

505 Games has confirmed that total UK sales of the Cooking Mama series have now hit 2m units. Furthermore, the brand has shifted 3.5m copies in all of Europe and a massive 12m across the world. It remains the best-selling third-party series on DS since its debut in 2006. The …

Have a game full of fast cars but need a man looking at a woman’s bum in your commercial? Yep, Michael Bay is definitely your man. EA has enlisted the help of the Bad Boys, Pearl harbour and Transformers director to piece together a short for its upcoming racer Need …

It’s the biggest release of the year, and retail will tomorrow go to war to try and win as big a share of the mammoth Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 market as possible. Troubled retailer Best Buy has the best deal when it comes to catch-free low-price – 29.99. …