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Leading UK games retailer GAME has announced a new agreement with Microsoft that will see the retailer selling digital Xbox 360 content in-store, MCV can reveal. The hope is that millions of customers who don’t have access to credit cards or have limited online functionality will now have an avenue …

Take-Two has posted better than expected results for the fiscal quarter ending December 31st 2010, with net profit up seven per cent year-on-year to $40.8m. Net revenue for the period was down seven per cent at $334.3m – though this is ahead of the $300m prediction. Year-to-date revenue stands at …

MCV’s more than happy to poke fun at some of the silly reporting about video games in the mainstream press, but there are times when ignorance of the sector can stray into dangerous territory. And video games coverage rarely gets scarier than this. Clearly not wanting to beat around the …

The Wii uDraw tablet accessory will hit shelves in the UK on March 4th. THQ has announced that three compatible games will be released with the device on the day of release – Pictionary, Dood’s Big Adventure and uDraw Studio. The latter comes bundled with the hardware. The drawing tablet …

Namco Bandai has a blockbuster line-up heading to shelves in 2011. The publisher is bringing Dr Kawashima to the Xbox 360 for the first time with Dr Kawashima’s Body and Brain Exercises for Kinect, releasing on February 11th. Namco Bandai has also recently signed a distribution agreement with Yoostar to …

Canadian studio picks up job for 2K Games' sequel

You were recently promoted to marketing director at Namco Bandai. Can you give us some background on the career path that led you there? I started out in the games industry back in 1997 at GT Interactive. I worked as a PR assistant, helping to launch key franchises such as …

Steam’s dominance of the PC video games digital distribution sector is on the wane, according to the CEO of rival digital games portal GamersGate. "To be honest, we’re not afraid of Steam," CEO Theo Bergquist told Industry Gamers. "We think they are peaking now while the market is still very …

We ask whether this free game dev toolkit is best for aspiring creators

Smartphone manufacturer HTC has made two strategic investments that could pave the way for mobile-based cloud gaming. The Taiwanese phone manufacturer has purchased a $40 million stake in OnLive, and has also wholly acquired London-based Saffron Digital. OnLive’s business is built on the premise of streaming high-end gameplay, via servers, …