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England may have been unceremoniously dumped out of the World Cup, but rugby fever continues this Friday with the release of Alternative Software’s Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge. MCV understands that the Xbox 360 and PS3 title has seen almost its entire day one allocation accounted for by pre-orders, pointing to …

New iOS smartphone could sell twice as fast as its predecessor

Ubisoft, one of the world’s premier video game publishers is 25 years old, and MCV has put together a special magazine to celebrate. MCV subscribers received their copies of the magazine last week – but from today everyone can read the 24-page supplement online or download it via the MCV …

System manufacturers 'are the rent guys who drive their partner margins to zero'

Andy and the studio continue to debate art styles, while the temptation of an earlier project is rekindled

PS Vita and PS3 support to be added later on, company claims

Microsoft has acquired Twisted Pixel, the Texas-based indie studio responsible for XBLA games such as Splosion Man. Financial terms of the buyout were not disclosed. Twisted Pixel will now incubate and develop the future of game and entertainment offerings on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 platform”, Microsoft said. The Austin-based studio will …

There are two weeks to go until the biggest night of the year for the UK’s games media. In the run-up to the big event on Wednesday October 26th at Vinopolis, we’re providing a series of features profiling those media brands and individuals in the running for an award. The …

Splosion Man group 'will help drive innovation across Xbox Live and Kinect'

Separate source claims Frontier had partnered with Codemasters and EA for the project