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A former Bizarre Creations developer has warned that the games industry has a nasty habit of forgetting how important 40 can be to consumers. Speaking at Develop earlier this week, Gareth Wilson said that launching games in the market today is tougher than ever because of all the other entertainment …

Gamers can take control of horror movie icon Freddy Krueger in the latest piece of paid-for Mortal Kombat DLC. Owners of this year’s Mortal Kombat fighting game on either Xbox 360, PS3 or PC will be able to purchase and download Freddy on August 9th, according to IGN. The Nightmare …

Team Bondi co-founder confirms that Grand Theft Auto publisher interested in MotionScan

MCV is launching a new website dedicated to the Pacific territories in October and it will be supported by a range of editorial email services. To sign up to receive these from day one, just email your name, company, job title, the country in which you’re based and the nature …

Cars is probably the closest thing Pixar has had to a critical flop. It isn’t, obviously. Its Rotten Tomatoes score of 74 per cent is far from awful, but seeing as all of its other 11 movies have scored over 90 per cent (Toy Story 1 and 2 managed 100 …

It has emerged that Sony is facing a total of 55 lawsuits in the US making claims relating to the much-publicised PSN outage earlier this year. Sony has made numerous claims to insurer Zurich American to cover its legal fees according to a commercial general liability policy taken out in …

Bizarre upcoming adventure Catherine will be released in the UK this year, courtesy of publisher Deep Silver. The adult-oriented game – which blends action adventure and puzzle gameplay with horror themes – has already generated plenty of coverage in the gaming press. It will arrive on multiple formats. Gamers control …

Developers need to ensure games are better than nights in the pub, playing football and having sex

IN PICTURES:If ever a console had guaranteed seller” written all over it, it’s this. Microsoft has lifted the lid on a quite spectacular Star Wars themed Xbox 360 console that will be launched alongside the much-hyped Star Was Kinect game later this year. The console itself is styled on charismatic …

Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division has recorded jumps in revenue for both the last quarter and the full year as a whole. Q4 2011 revenue climbed 30 per cent year-on-year to $1.49bn, with annual revenue increasing 45 per cent. Profit reached $32m. Xbox Live revenue was up, as were sales …