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Do you deserve to win a MCV Award this year? Lobbying is open for the 2011 MCV Industry Excellence Awards, so please send in your nominations. The deadline is Friday, February 11th. All nominations must be sent to AwardsLobbying@intentmedia.co.uk A full guide to the awards can be found here – …

With the NGP now fully exposed and the 3DS just two months from release, the 2011 handheld battle lines have been drawn – but both platform holders are remaining coy about their rival machines. "Clearly in the dedicated portable space, we will be in competition with 3DS," SCEE president Andrew …

Registration has now gone live for Edinburgh Interactive 2011. And the organisers have announced that Tencent – China’s biggest internet service portal – will keynote the event. Visitors can book tickets to this year’s event by visiting the offical site at www.edinburghinteractive.co.uk. Early bird deals run until March 31st, 2011, …

The team now move at such a clip that in the last two weeks they oversaw the opening of four new outlets. These are phenomenal numbers. At a time when Grainger’s nearest and only rival is closing stores, you have to stop and ask: how do they do it? Cynics …

When I returned to MCV in November 2008, Grainger Games was an indie upstart with a storecount just over 10. Today it has at 49 High Street outlets. Last year alone, it added 23 stores. The team now move at such a clip that in the last two weeks they …

Earlier this year we asked MCVuk.com readers to take part in an extensive salary survey. Over 500 took part revealing details on their career and 2011 job prospects. For 2011 our salary survey actually shows a dip in the average UK games industry salary. Last year we reported the number …

'Budgets stretched' after publisher delays release of unannounced game

Consumers shouldn’t expect a revised version of the yet-to-be launched 3DS anytime in the near future, according to platform holder Nintendo. With previous handhelds the company has been quick to roll out revised versions of its portable hardware. The DS Lite, a radically re-engineered version of the twin screened device, …

Short demo of Epic Citadel outlines potential of Sonyâ??s next generation portable

Jade Raymond and Bruce Shelly add to star line-up