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The man behind Limbo gets the rapid-fire question treatment

In MCV’s latest rundown of the industry’s hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Warner is looking for a new sales manager, THQ’s John Aikins heads to Sony and GAME hires a Knight. NEW SALES JOB AT WARNERWarner Bros Interactive Entertainment is hiring a new manager of sales analysis for the …

The sun has set on another Gamescom, with only the consumer days left to go, but did you keep up with the week’s announcements? No? Well, fear not. Below, MCV provides a complete round-up of all the news to emerge from Gamescom over the past few days. SONYSony: Vita will …

Any consumers who pre-order the hotly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from GAME will receive an exclusive Classified Intel Pack. GAME will be handing over these special packs along with 360, PS3 and PC copies of the game when it is released on November 8th. Modern Warfare 3 …

Whatever your feelings about Kinect Star Wars, only the coldest of hearts could fail to be excited about this news. Eurogamer reports that two German retailers have listed a lightsaber peripheral that is Kinect compatible and designed to work with Microsoft’s upcoming Kinect Star Wars. It is said to have …

Retailer HMV has joined forces with X-Factor band One Direction for an iexclusive in-store give-away. As of Monday August 22nd the first band member to be transformed into a Nintendo Mii – Liam – will be distributed as a QR code on the One Direction Facebook and Twitter streams. Then …

Living room game platforms house the industry's most concentrated and valuable collection of gamers, says Nick Gibson

This week we highlight openings at some of the biggest studios in the world

Handheld's specs comparable to PS3's

Steamworks and future games to integrate â??Valve TVâ?? tech