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Survey of 500 app creators claims two-thirds have lost money from promotion ban

Publisher Ubisoft and platform holder Nintendo will this October release a 3DS hardware bundle containing portable titles, MCV can reveal. According to the information, which comes from a leaked release schedule from a leading distributor, the pair will on October 1st launch a new SKU containing the console as well …

Californian tech firm OmniVision has confirmed that it has won a lucrative contract for work on an upcoming games console. Though no such confirmation is given, the conclusion that nearly everyone has jumped to is that the company will be supplying camera devices for Nintendo’s Project Cafe, which will be …

Smartphone games specialists Gameloft say its new mobile MMO game has generated over $1 million in revenue after just twenty days since release. The MMORPG, called Order & Chaos, has the potential to generate far more, however, by virtue of its subscription-based model. Order & Chaos is available for an …

Keza MacDonald has joined IGN UK as games editor. She will start on Monday, June 13th and report to UK editor-in-chief Alex Simmons. MacDonald is a highly experienced games journalist, having written for The Observer, Edge, Eurogamer, Official Nintendo and VG247. She has also acted as a consultant for ad …

Mike Gamble revealed as new European territory manager

The original studio that kicked off the Carmageddon series is about to launch the game back into the spotlight. Stainless Games, the longstanding indie group based in the Isle of Weight, is building a new download-only game based on the iconic series. The new title, called Carmageddon: Reincarnation, is in …

THQ has decided to rebrand its successful line of WWE console games. The next release in the series, due out larger this year, will drop the ‘Smackdown vs Raw’ moniker in favour of a simpler sequential system. It will be called WWE ’12. "I’ve just felt for a couple of …

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Gameloft optimistic about mobile subscription model