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IGN is in the process of selling digital distributor Direct2Drive to US online rental firm Gamefly, MCV understands. An official announcement isn’t expected until next week, but sources have told us the deal is almost complete. Gamefly is a major US online rental games firm, similar to LoveFilm in the …

Amnesty and Mobigame discuss the genesis of their fundraising app

Future has reported a fall in profits for the first half of 2011. The publisher of Official Nintendo, Official Xbox, Official PlayStation, CVG and a host of other publications reported revenue of 68.8m for the first half of 2011, down four per cent over the 71.4m posted in H1 2010. …

US gamers are reportedly furious at Nintendo’s privacy terms and conditions for 3DS. That’s according to a report in Metro, that said Nintendo legally owns all users’ content – including messages, information and images. It also logs personal data such as names, ages and addresses. According to the paper, angry …

Production on Dragon Age 3 is underway, BioWare has announced. The developer posted a statement on Twitter looking for environment artists to work on the third main title in EA’s RPG franchise. I’m looking for exceptional environment artists to join me at BioWare Edmonton, Canada to work on Dragon Age3,” …

UK retail hopes L.A. Noire can breathe new life into struggling software sales. The UK games market is down significantly year-on-year. But with Rockstar’s hyped new IP due today (Friday, May 20th), expectations are high for a May sales surge. The current levelling off in the games market hasn’t been helped …

Playground Games expanding fast - here's the top five jobs the studio is offering

Notorious games industry critic continues crusade for tighter retail management

But this week’s cover story, quoting Mike Hayes, the most powerful Brit in video games? This is not scare-mongering. Take in what he’s saying. Go back now and re-read if you haven’t. Absorb it. Done that? Good. Because Mike’s words weigh heavy on our cover. I don’t particularly take pleasure …

Occaisionally, scary headlines in MCV are, I’ll be the first to admit, just that. A wild quote from a speculative pundit about the death of consoles, another throe in retail’s boom-bust-boom-bang-a-bang cycle, the unlikely story of a DIY store developing its own games… we’ve covered them all. But this week’s …