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Dale – who was most recently European MD at Capcom – takes the post with immediate effect, having already enjoyed a strong relationship with Rockstar and parent company Take 2 in the past. From 1994 to 1998, he was president of the interactive division of BMG Entertainment, which was acquired …

Online store now carries more than 425,000 applications

We want MCVuk.com to be a vibrant forum for constructive industry debate and as such we’ve made some significant changes to the way our article comments system works. Why? Because unfortunately a small minority of people abused the privilege that came with the anonymous posting opportunity our old site gave …

Record label EMI is turning its Now! That’s What I Call Music compilations into a Wii game, MCV can reveal. A dancing and singing title will debut this November, published by new outfit Tubby Games. The 2011 release is the first of several planned Now titles. EMI’s brand is a …

NaturalMotion's head of research Joss Knight looks at retargeting from a player tracked in Kinect

Scaleform principal engineer Prasad Silva offers a guide on designing MMO UIs

Kinect and Move are ‘experiments’ that will be used in the next console generation, 2K boss Christoph Hartmann reckons. He disagrees that Microsoft and Sony are avoiding making another console. Instead, he says Kinect and Move are merely ways for the platform holders to ‘test the water’ before launching new …

Leading games development website scores record-breaking double

Social games giant Zynga spent more than $100 million during a year-long studio buyout craze, new data reveals. The company, which recently made a public offering of its stock, spent the bulk of that huge sum on one studio. In November 2010, Zynga acquired Texas-based mobile game studio Newtoy for …

The PlayStation Network store will soon undergo a revamp to better advertise games on the platform, new reports claim. It is said that the redesign will usher in a more image-driven layout, following alleged feedback that the store is too text heavy. Anonymous sources speaking to Reg Hardware said the …