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Seven leading video games publishers have already signed up for MCM Expo. Firms that will be exhibiting at the October show include Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, Namco Bandai, Tecmo Koei and Rising Star. MCM Expo’s organisers are also hoping to sign up new publishers that have not attended before. We are …

Pro-G Media has hired three writers for Videogamer.com, ahead of a ‘monumental overhaul’ of the website. The three new staff writers include former freelancers Emily Gera and Martin Gaston. Gera has produced content for GamesRadar, Xbox World 360, PC Format, IncGamers and Bit-Tech, while Gaston has written for CBS, Future …

A subtle revamp of the Xbox interface will help Microsoft further its reach into mainstream and family audiences. At Gamescom last week, the firm was demoing the various ways its Kinect camera improves the interface – and told MCV it wants to make the experience ‘more fun for new users’. …

Rick Gibson on why, after tireless campaigning, the tax relief ship has sailed

As the release of the next version of Unity draws near, the dev team reveals its favourite new elements

PR and marketing firm Reverb Communications has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission over deceptive reviews on Apple’s App Store. The charges relate to reviews posted on the App Store by Reverb staff about their clients’ iPhone games, without disclosing their paid relationship with those publishers. "Reverb and …

EA has announced that author and former SAS veteran Chris Ryan is writing a prequel novel for the publisher’s controversial modern day FPS Medal of Honor. The book will be available for free to all HMV customers that have pre-ordered the game either online or in-store. It is a real …

Trion Worlds, the heavily VC-funded MMO start-up, has spent over $50 million on its first project, the group’s boss has confirmed. That project, entitled Rift: Planes of Telara, has been in development for some four years due to project delays. Trion CEO Lars Buttler told Develop the game’s exorbitant budget …

Alleged insiders admit to complacency, blame money wasting and poor management

Localisation management tool secured for Sonic studio's next project