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It’s a weird world we live in where a person has to explicitly say they’re not commenting on a rival’s device before they’re able to comment on a rival’s device. Nonetheless, SCEE’s senior studio director Mick Hocking did exactly that when asked about the early struggles of the 3DS. So …

You could run entire websites based around nothing but Apple rumours. Indeed, folk actually do. Picking the wheat from the chaff is a tough task when it comes to Apple, but now global news agency Reuters has come out with what it claims is reliable information about Apple’s 2011 plans …

GAME Australia has announced an online-only pre-order special on Batman: Arkham City for AUD$88 on PS3 and 360, or AUD$78 on PC. The move leaves GAME as the cheapest of the big three, with JB HiFi at AUD$94 and EB Games at AUD$98. GAME is sporting the Batman Beyond in-game …

As many as 90 per cent of workforce made redundant, alleged insider says

Tru Blu Entertainment has given Rugby Challenge a release date of 2nd September today, pitting it head-to-head with Rugby World Cup 2011. Tru Blu spoke to MCV about their expectations for the title, which is known internationally as Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge, in Australia as Wallabies Rugby Challenge and in …

SEGA Australia has confirmed that House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cuthas been refused classification in Australia. The PS3 game was set to launch on 27th October for the Playstation Move, and featured all seven scenarios from the original House of the Dead: Overkill game as well as two …

This Friday’s release of Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution not only marks the beginning of the holiday games buying season, but also it seems the now traditional price wars at retail. And it’s online newcomer GameStop.co.uk that has fired the first shot. The retailer is currently selling the Xbox …

The fourth piece of premium DLC has today been released on Xbox 360 for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. The 1200 Microsoft Point download contains one brand new Zombie Mode level as well as four re-mastered levels from the zombie selection in Call of Duty: World at War. Interestingly, …

What do our industry’s leading journalists think is the best and worst parts of their job? What’s the best ‘jolly’they’ve been on? And how do they cope with pressures from publishers? To kick-start our bi-annual media special, MCV surveyed over 50 games media stars with anonymity promised to them in …

David Brevik to keynote Unity's September event