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Upcoming trilogy InSane will take between eight and ten years to develop, THQ has confirmed. The horror game series is being overseen by Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth film director Guillermo del Toro. It was originally revealed at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards. THQ’s core games VP Danny Bilson’s latest …

Gamer who featured in BBC investigation says quotes were taken out of context

Infinity Blade studio no longer developing Ender's Game

One of the men featured in BBC One’s Panorama investigation into the possible addictive qualities of video games has questioned the way in which the show represented his friend, Joe Staley. The documentary claimed that Joe’s life went into freefall when he bought an Xbox, with Joe himself stating: I …

The social game giant could surpass revenues of $400m for the calendar year

This January, MCV will provide a comprehensive guide to the job market in 2011, including our annual salary survey – and we’re asking readers to offer feedback. The survey is open to anyone in the games industry, whether you work in retail, publishing, games development, the games media, marketing & …

PopCap’s Zuma Blitz has now gone live on Facebook, reworking the games firm’s hit puzzle game for a social platform. The game condenses the familiar ball-blasting mechanic into a one-minute quickfire game and introduces social networking features to the acclaimed Zuma franchise, which has sold over 20 million units worldwide. …

Mega Man creator will not likely join an established publisher or studio

Forget Call of Duty: Black Ops and Halo: Reach – this year’s No.1 game is Alan Wake according to Time Magazine. The US publication named Microsoft’s Xbox 360 exclusive action thriller its game of the year, ahead of Angry Birds in second place and Red Dead Redemption at No.3. Lots …

Gameloft has announced it will release the first high definition games for set-top boxes. The games will be released as part of a partnership with Free, the creators of ambitious set-top box Freebox Revolution. The device comes bundled with a game controller to encourage subscribers to purchase more games. Titles …