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Following rumours that the next generation of Xbox hardware has made it into the hands of some developers, analysts have stated their doubt that Microsoft would be looking to launch a new machine in the near future. "The Xbox 360 has incredible momentum and it would baffle me as to …

A report in The Financial Times has claimed that "two veterans" of hacker group Anonymous have admitted that some of its members were likely behind the PSN outage. It is said that "an individual or handful of supporters" took it upon themselves to further Anonymous’ ‘OpSony’ campaign by hacking into …

Sony hopes to bring the network back online 'by May 31st'

After the disappointment of PSN failing to hit its first target recovery date last week, Sony has now admitted that the service may not be fully back online for another three weeks. Speaking to Bloomberg, Shigenori Yoshida – who is referred to as a ‘spokesman’ – has said that Sony …

Want to share your 3DS avatar with the rest of the industry? Send us the QR code for it today, and you could be featured in an upcoming issue of MCV. Following the collection of games industry Miis featured in the most recent issue, we’re inviting all and sundry to …

Develop uncovers the strange and spectacular way Valve creates blockbusters

Valve co-founder offers insight on the studio's new development philosophy

Despite the heavyweight challenges of chart rivals such as Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat, 505 Games’ exercise title Zumba Fitness has this week claimed its third No.1 in the UKIE Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It does so despite a slight sales dip of three per cent week-on-week, which as …

Over thirty staff at Crytek Budapest will be made redundant after E3, according to reports. It is said that nine people have already lost their jobs at the Hungarian dev outfit. Avni Yerli, co-founder of the Crysis 2 company, confirmed to Gamasutra that the Budapest studio is getting a new …

So the answer to my question last week about how the market copes in the gap before ‘Wii 2′ was answered pretty swiftly. Answered with a price cut that has the potential to significantly lengthen the life of this generation’s star machine. It’s Wii’s first price-drop after nearly five years …