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Disney’s big Q4 release of the year Disney Universe will hit UK shelves on October 28th, MCV can reveal. The title is scheduled to arrive on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PC. It lets players wear over 40 in-game suits based on popular Disney and Pixar characters such as Nemo …

How’s this for a success story? GameStop has gracefully and legitimately worked itself into the UK games trade. And that’s by closing physical stores – not opening GAME rivals or buying up Grainger as the nose-tappers would have you believe – and establishing a compelling and credible .co.uk. Publishers, distributors …

As studio models are evolving so are the options available to individuals employed in game development

Ian Livingstone tells Develop how implementing the findings of the skills review's recommendations is progressing

SEGA Australia has welcomed a new junior product manager, Khiet Chu, to the marketing team in its Sydney office this week. Chu has three years experience in the promotional marketing industry, and comes to SEGA from his previous role as a production coordinator at Corporate Express Ltd. His educational background …

Persson set to greet army of fans on stage as final version of the game launches

Steve Jarratt will leave Future Publishing next month, MCV understands. He is the first big name to leave the firm after it said the UK operation will be downsized by 10 per cent. Jarratt will depart at the end of the consultation period, which Future hopes to have wrapped up …

HMV is dead, right? That’s what some publishers and the Daily Mail think. So imagine Christopher Dring’s surprise when speaking to the firm’s very much alive CEO Simon Fox. Last week MCV was in a presentation where HMV was talked about in the past tense, and some press think you’ve …

Record companies and movie studios rallied around HMV earlier this year. Now it is time for the games industry to step up. Speaking to MCV, HMV CEO Simon Fox has issued a call to publishers for better support following its traumatic start to the year. The retailer is now back …

GameStop has told MCV that DOES have designs on a big slice of the UK games market. But the retailer says it will get it through its new UK website NOT a bricks and mortar assault. As we reported last week, the chain has put paid to years of speculation …