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Forget superstar endorsements – Nintendo has made real consumers the star of its latest ad campaign. While the firm has still commissioned ads featuring the likes of pop act JLS and Oscar-winner Helen Mirren, this Christmas Nintendo has dedicated half of its spend on a celeb-free promotion. Nintendo says the …

This is the quarter where the UK games industry finally turns things around – and publishers and retailers are splashing the cash to make sure of it. The UK games industry will have splurged 181m between the start of October and Christmas, MCV research has shown. It is almost double …

Rosedale, Linden Lab interim CEO, turns attention to new startup

High Street retailer GAME has listed hundreds of stores that will open their doors at midnight on the night of Monday November 8th to usher in the global launch of Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. Most will welcome in shoppers around 11:45pm and stay open for at least an …

Next iteration of Mac OS X to bring iPhone-like digital content to Apple's home PCs

Microsoft has revealed a slight alteration to how it markets the two tiers of membership for Xbox Live. Speaking via Twitter, Xbox Europe’s community manager Graeme Boyd stated: Just been told that ‘Xbox Live Silver Membership’ will now officially be called ‘Xbox Live Free Membership’. The times they are a-changin…” …

This is an extract from a blog piece on MCV’s sister website Develop. Click here to read the full feature. It would be possible for retailers to pay a slice of the pre-owned revenue to publishers and developers, but I can hear the calls already: ‘Why should we?’ Perhaps they …

Despite nearly all the reports going with the ‘EA buys Angry Birds publisher’ line following its acquisition of Chillingo, it seems that the multi-million selling feathery physics game is not part of the deal. "We did not sell to EA, Chillingo did," tweeted the game’s developer Rovio Mobile tonight. "We …

Electronic Arts acquires Chillingo in a deal put at $20 million

The status of the Apple Mac in the world of desktop gaming has received a serious boost in the arm with news that alongside the release of the next version of OS X – officially called OS X 10.7 Lion – Apple will for the first time bring its popular …