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New consumer loyalty program PlayStation Rewards will not launch in the US next month as planned and may possibly never see the light of day. The scheme, which was announced for the American market last year, had been designed to reward PS3 owners for a range of activities including playing …

Firm says the feature was 'not nearly as comprehensive as it needed to be'

Just days after introducing its new individual developer ratings, reviews aggregation site Metacritic has pulled the plug on the service. It does, however, intend to reinstate it in the future. "Although our credits database is growing, as our users’ feedback has indicated, it is a work in progress and is …

As if the increasing tensions between Apple and console rivals like Nintendo and Sony wasn’t enough, the iPhone and Mac platform holder has just upped the stakes. Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference will run from June 6th to June 10th in Moscone West, San Francisco. This …

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference to run concurrently with E3

Midlands based outfit calls for pedigree talent as triple-A project gathers pace

Blizzard founder Mike Morhaime has defended Activision boss Bobby Kotick, saying that his status as the game development industry’s bogeyman is undeserved. The two companies merged in 2008 and Morhaime told MCV that his colleague is completely simpatico with Blizzard’s creative values and is often judged harshly by people who …

PR boss Marc Franklin says the firm 'appreciates good quality' regardless of studio status

Looking back 20 years, can you recall your motivation for starting Blizzard. What your ambitions were for the company?Mike Morhaime, CEO: Frank and I went to UCLA and we became friends with Allen Adham. He was a smart, ambitious, driven guy with a mission: he was going to start a …

US sales tracker NPD has issued a note to analyst Michael Pachter requesting that he stops handing out NPD data to media outlets. In October of last year the company announced that it was to change the way in which it publishes its monthly video game sales data, omitting most …