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Expenses curb surging revenues; Market panic clouds IPO bid

Casual games giant and CityVille publisher Zynga has reported a slight slow down in growth for the first time in its history during its June quarter. Year-on-year profits for the period fell to $1.3m – that’s a drop of 95 per cent. Revenue continued to grow though at a slower …

'We have remained a smaller shop' says Devil May Cry studio director

MCV speaks to Linda Lemieux, VMC’s director of games QA, development, integration and QA, about the relationships that guide the quality assurance and localisation sector. What are your thoughts on the dynamic between publishers and QA firms? What works well and what needs improving? The relationship between publishers and QA …

UK developer Ninja theory has categorically stated that all plans for potential sequel to Enslaved are well and truly over. Instead, the studio is now focusing all its efforts Capcom’s Devil May Cry title DMC. "Enslaved should have done better," co-founder Tameen Antoniades told Edge (via CVG). "Right now we …

The latest map expansion download for Call of Duty: Black Ops is now available to purchase on both PS3 and PC. The DLC, called Rezurrection, was released on Xbox Live one month ago to the day, thanks to Microsoft’s timed exclusivity agreement with Activision. It contains one brand new Zombie …

Creative Assembly creative director Mike Simpson shares advice from Total War's design process

There is no let up in EA’s crusade against Call of Duty, with the publisher hoping to nearly halve the venerable shooter’s market share. In an interview with MCV, European Publishing SVP reiterated EA’s long-running plan to challenge Activision’s dominance of the FPS genre. The first shot was fired last …

Now there’s a headline I never expected to write. The date clash between E3 and our esteemed monarch’s 60th year on the throne is a grand inconvenience.And one most of you hadn’t seen coming until we pointed it out. One person we canvassed told us: ‘But there’s nothing we can …

It has been a bleak year for music and films so far, but it’s video games that have suffered the most. Gfk and Official Chart Company data, compiled by the Entertainment Retailers Association, show the value of the UK games software market is down 12.2 per cent year-to-date over the …