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Valve receives Publishing Hero award with message for its dev partners

Though such a radical transition is still some way off, the senior VP of worldwide development at Electronic Arts has hinted that the FIFA series will at some stage have to move away from the annual disc release model. I think there are two things at play,” Andrew Wilson told …

In the third instalment of this weekly feature, we look at the overall advertising activity for video games on TV this year up to July 4th. This is provided by specialist communication firmGeneration Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. This week we take a look at the year-on-year …

LA Noire’s MotionScan face capture technology could be used in the next installment of Grand Theft Auto. Speaking to PSM3, as reported by CVG, the studio’s co-founder Brendan McNamara confirmed that Rockstar is looking into the possibilities of MotionScan for GTA and other properties. He said: "Yeah, I think they’re …

With just over a month until the highly anticipated Deus Ex: Human Revolution arrives at UK retail, Square Enix has released an impressive live action promotional video for the game. It tells the tale of a future Earth where cybertronic augmentation has created a divided human race, leading to rioting …

Casual games firm PopCap has announced a global deal with Sony Ericsson to pre-load ‘Games by PopCap’ onto its Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro models. Puzzle game Chuzzle will be embedded in its entirety, while other popular games such as Plants vs. Zombies and Peggle will be included as …

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 …