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Gears of War, Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty and Just Dance are among the ‘Brand Maps’ currently available via the new Reports section of MCV’s website. The exclusive consumer research is provided by GameVision and is based on twice yearly interviews with over 5,000 consumers in the UK, France, Germany …

Konami is bringing both Silent Hill HD Collection and Metal Gear Solid HD Collection to retail in a bid to pull in new fans ahead of the next main instalments in each series. MCV understands the Metal Gear pack – which includes Metal Gear Solid 2, 3 and PSP title …

Forget theHorde mode – try out the new Board mode. Gears of War: The Board Game will arrive on shelves next month. Based on the hugely popular Xbox 360 franchise, this product tasks up to four players with completing randomly constructed missions by working together. The game comes bundled with …

Broadcaster claimed to have strong interest in Kinect and Wii U projects

The Wii U tablet doesnot spell doom for THQ’s uDraw plans – in factquite the opposite. As demonstrated at E3 in June, Nintendo’s new home console features a tablet that can be used for drawing – much like the uDraw gaming tablet – leading press and consumers to speculate it …

Electronic Arts has said it wants to "work out an agreement" with Valve that will see its games return to the Steam download service. Sources have previously told MCV that the ongoing disagreement between EA and Steam derives from the publisher’s decision to sell DLC for its games exclusively through …

We look at the overall advertising activity for video games on TV this year up to July 10th, and examine how publishers are targeting different TV audiences. This is provided by specialist communication firmGeneration Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. This week we take a look at the …

Publisher NCsoft and publisher Koch media have extended their distribution partnership to include the UK. The pair already work together in European territories such as France and Spain. The first game to be distributed by Koch under the agreement will be Guild Wars Trilogy later this summer and will subsequently …

Brian Farrell, CEO of THQ, has declared that the new DLC-centric business model it attempted with MX vs ATV Alive was "not a successful experiment". The publisher announced earlier this year that it would release the off-road racer at a reduced RRP and drive revenue with regular waves of downloadable …