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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 …

The shockwaves created by the shock 3DS price drop continue to ripple outwards, and now EA has warned Sony that the PlayStation Vita faces some very serious challenges. I think it looks like a great device,” EA Play boss Jeff Karp told MCV. But the real challenge for all game …

Though system's final specification remains undisclosed

Reports have emerged that Crytek is developing a brand new shooter IP for the current generation of consoles. The LinkedIn profile of gameplay and animation programmer David Ramos contains a reference to a "new IP, shooter genre, TBA title for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC". It was spotted by Superannuation. …

3D is brilliant. That’s what cinemas tell you. That’s what sports broadcasters tell you. That’s what TV manufactures tell you. That’s what Sony tells you. But EA boss John Riccitiello has becomes the first exec to publicly slam the market value of the technology. "We see really high returns in …

A report from Bloomberg Japan translated by Andriasang claims that Nintendo will lose money on every 3DS it sells once yesterday’s price cut is introduced. Nintendo CEO Saturo Iwata justified this strategy at a Japanese press conference by saying that such major moves were necessary in order to improve fiscal …

'Very poor returns' from stereoscopic tech, Riccitiello warns