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All good things must come to an end, and sadly this applies to our UFC fitness challenge, which officially closed on Friday, August 5th. While smatterings of banter still pop-up on Twitter and some of our contestants are moving on to the 60-day workout, many are taking this chance to …

Market research company NPD, which is best known for compiling the US video game charts, is coming to Europe. And furthermore, it intends to deliver something we’ve until now been without – a complete and regularly updated picture of total consumer video games expenditure outside of the physical games market. …

Paul WS Anderson will be behind the camera for the next Resident Evil movie, he told MCV. The man is the writer and producer for all four Resident Evils, and directed the first and fourth film in the franchise. He told MCV: "I will be directing and we start shooting …

U-Sing publisher moves away from software after three decades; Punchers Impact closed

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Think about this for a moment. The world revolves around oil. We all need energy. And the bankers? Rolling in it. But as of today who’s the world’s biggest company? Apple. Yes. Our appetite for aesthetically pleasing, user-friendly and arguably over-priced consumer electronics has grown to such a degree that …

Ireland’s leading entertainment rental and retail chain Xtra-vision is back from the brink with new funding. The retailer’s parent firm Birchall Investments has agreed to provide up to €8m to open new stores, relocate others and fund digital initiatives. Xtra-vision was under examinership between April 29th and July 29th – …

The digital games market has kept the ageing Stronghold series alive, says publisher 7Sixty. And this of course bodes well for next month’s Stronghold 3, the first new retail game in the franchise since 2006. Global PR manager Rob Burman told MCV: Thanks to the release of Stronghold games on …

Publisher SouthPeak Interactive is battling the retail market decline by setting up digital firm 7sixty. General manager Felix Bradshaw tells MCV about striking the balance between downloads and boxed sales: Why establish a digital download publishing label? Over the past few years, I think the industry has seen a massive …

Jeff Karp, an executive at the centre of EA’s social games output, is in the process of leaving the company to join Zynga, Develop understands. A US source, who engages with EA at senior levels, said Karp has signalled his intention to leave and will imminently join the San Francisco …