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Consumer press readerships are fast migrating online – but who is doing the best in the UK? MCV can this week answer that question with the specialist games press’ first online ranking. Using ComScore data obtained by MCV, we’ve ranked the top ten UK sites covering video games. The full …

IGN has announced the creation of IGN Germany. The site will be published from IGN’s office in Cologne and led by new editor-in-chief Fabian Kaeufer. A team of German writers will produce quality editorial dedicated to the new site’s home market. We’ve built this site from the ground up for …

Yesterday MCV asked ‘Where is the PSP2?‘. The answer appears to be that it’s in the hands of a number of key developers as Sony readies itself for a 2011 launch. That’s according to Eurogamer which claims to have word from three separate development sources. They say it’s comparable in …

Take-Two has defended Mafia II against backlash over the game’s portrayal of Italian-Americans. UNICO National, one of the largest Italian-American service organisations in the US, called the game a pile of racist nonsense” and has demanded the game be withheld from release. The organisation’s president Andre DiMino wrote a letter …

Gamescom opened its doors on Tuesday 17th August to select members of the press but yesterday the event kicked off proper. Festivities began with a special Gamescom press conference, followed by more announcements from Konami, Ubisoft and more. But if you don’t have time to sift through our collection of …

Branson venture backs London Games Conference; Meredith takes key role

Digital side-scrolling shooter Sine Mora has been revealed at Gamesom by Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality. The game is a result of a new partnership between the developers and will be available to download on Xbox Live and PSN. It promises to be a unique horizontal side-scrolling shooter with time …

It looks like the chances of Final Fantasy XIV making it to Xbox 360 are currently slimmer than they ever have been. Sony pulled a rabbit out of the hat at last year’s E3 when it topped Microsoft’s shock FFXIII announcement with an exclusive reveal of the new MMO, which …

CEO Philip Belhassen forecasts a self-reliant trend for studios

Australian studio licenses tech firms AI set for Frozen Hearth