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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 …

As was rumoured just this morning, EA has confirmed that it has moved to acquire successful iPhone publisher Chillingo. Reuters claims that the deal is worth around $20m, a figure no doubt lower than many would have expected owing to the fact that recent acquisitions in the space have typically …

Global video games retailer GameStop has published its first ever video game – iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch platformer Buck and the Coins of Destiny. GameStop claims production credits on the 2D side-scrolling title, which sees Buck the Bunny embark on a quest to find fame and fortune across a …