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A record number of exhibitors will flock to Gamescom 2011 when it kicks off in August. Companies attending include big-name publishers such as Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, EA and Ubisoft, as well as online and browser game firms such as NCsoft and Trion Worlds. Developer Valve will make an appearance following …

It was one of the few E3 surprises, but Paramount is silent over its plans to release Star Trek in the UK. MCV understands that the publisher is considering moving away from EA, who handled the UK release of its Rango movie tie-in earlier this year. Star Trek was one …

Activision’s Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure will hit UK shelves on October 14th. The multiformat game allows players to use toy figures which can transform into in-game characters via a bundled Portal of Power peripheral. Both the game and the toy packs will be available to buy from day one. The title …

Barely a day has gone by this month without the words "hack" or "breach" appearing in headlines. And we want to know what effect that has had on the trust people place in digital download platforms and other online gaming services. You can take part by clicking here. Having reported …

Sega has today opened its third UK studio, formed from key staff that headed up the now-defunct Sega Racing Studio. The new group is formed of six talented staff that, in 2008, were given the chance to remain at Sega when the racing studio was shut and sold off. The …

Maybe those execs were all just hungry. After all, you can spend so much time in E3 meetings that you don’t get to eat. But the analogies have a point: the market is evolving, and games are fracturing into different sizes. So why was that message absent from the showfloor, …

You can read my appraisal of the big takeaways from last week’s E3 online next week or in today’s copy of MCV magazine, but here’s the short version. Takeaway’s the fitting word to use here. No less than five times in formal interviews with VPs, studio heads and the like, …

Wrigglesworth and Lee named as seats fill up fast for Brighton event

EA boss John Riccitiello wants Call of Duty to rot from the core”. Or in other words, he wants Battlefield 3 to draw the hardcore gamers away from Modern Warfare 3, leaving Activision’s franchise to the mainstream consumers. A lot of people bought Modern Warfare more for the coffee table …

Zynga has taken legal action on Vostu for allegedly copying the design and content of a number of its games. The former claims its mega successful Facebook game CityVille has been replicated unashamedly by Brazilian firm Vostu in the form of MegaCity, reports TechCrunch. Let’s be clear – it is …