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SEGA has announced that Sonic the Hedgehog himself will be running for charity in the 2011 Rebel Sport Run4Fun challenge on 6th November. All money raised from the annual charity event will be donated to the Sydney Children’s Foundation, which is the main fundraising body for the Sydney Children’s Hospital …

Yet more sad news for the Australian game development community, as EA’s Visceral Melbourne studio closes its doors. A couple of tweets came through over the weekend from the Independent Game Developer’s Association Melbourne which suggested its fate would be decided on Monday. EA has officially confirmed the closure of …

MCV speaks to project manager Dominik Prophete about trends such as mobile games which are changing the localisation sector. What are your thoughts on the relationship between publishers and QA firms? What works well and what needs improving?Publishers like to have their own internal QA processes and are often not …

The president of SCEA Worldwide Studios has admitted that he found Nintendo’s controversial decision to release a second circle pad add-on for 3DS shocking”. The peripheral was first revealed earlier this month, with Nintendo announcing an official release date and price last week. Well it’s not like they looked at …

But Cityville firm strikes back in new Facebook 'brand wars'

Decision 'absolutely not' due to declining subscriptions

Sony Online Entertainment has announced its attention to transition PS3 and PC MMO outing DC Universe Online to a free-to-play model next month. Currently players must pay a monthly subscription fee, on top of the game purchase itself. IGN reports that new players joining under the F2P model will have …

Riddick group working on new IP with Josef Fares

There are just over five 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 …

Long-serving UK games PR Manab Roy has moved to a new role at The Walt Disney Company. Previously UK and Ireland PR manager for video games, he now takes up the role of PR manager for retail. His new responsibilities include working with retail and trade marketing teams to create …