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The EyePet series will be back on shelves later this year in the form of EyePet & Friends. As the title suggests, the fluffy creature is not alone this time, with players now training and nurturing two EyePets. PS3 owners can either look after the pair individually or team up …

Triple-A margins are under pressure, Frontier founder says

Sony Australia has cut the price for the PSP in the region. As of today, the UMD-based handheld will retail for $189.95, according to VG247. The news follows similar price cuts to the PSP in the US and Europe. However, Sony told MCV last week that there are no plans …

Icelandic studio demonstrates Eve Online on smartphones and tablets

Annual revenues to climb fivefold in as many years, analyst claims

The mobile game sensation comes to consoles

505 Games’ Zumba is the UK’s No.1 video game this week. Although seeing a week-on-week decline in sales after shooting to No.2 last week, the fitness game’s weekly sales still outstripped those of EA’s Crysis 2, last week’s No.1. Sales of Zumba were down 49 per cent, but Crysis 2 …

Creative Suite 5.5 brings Adobe services to 'any screen'

The biggest names in the UK games trade descended upon the Brewery for the MCV Industry Excellence Awards last night. The event began with the Sega-sponsored pre-drinks at Parker McMillan, with eager industry execs making the most of the free drinks. Leading nominees including Nintendo then made their way up …

A spokesperson for SCE UK has confirmed to MCV that the recent price cut to the PSP in mainland Europe will not apply in the UK. From today the machine will retail for just €129.99 – that’s almost a 25 per cent discount. "The price drop is for continental Europe …