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UK distributor NJOYit Entertainment is reaching out to publisher and retailers – by offering them a free holiday. The company has set up a competition to generate interest in its services, offering entrants the chance to win a vacation in Spain next year. NJOYit was founded as an IT company …

Sister site Develop has heard that Realtime Worlds is beginning a process of staff redundancies, with many of its workforce set for consultation talks. No one at the studio was available to comment at the time of going to press – though clarification on the matter is being pursued. Develop …

Digital video games retailer Direct2Drive has announced a relaunch of its UK and EU web portals. Both sites now boast a new visual design, an intelligent search and navigation system, improved integration with IGN and a host of new community features. There are also a number of price promotions on …

It looks as if Treyarch is to resurrect one of the most popular features from its last Call of Duty game in the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops. In a listing on Best Buy’s website, as spotted by CVG, the retailer claims that the Hardened Edition of the game …

The ZeniMax studio empire has expanded once more with the firm acquiring French outfit Arkane Studios. Pete Hines, the vice president of Zenimax publisher Bethesda Softworks, announced the move last night at the annual Quakecon event in Dallas, Texas. Terms of the deal were not announced but it was said …

Source claims consultation talks are to take place at the popular APB studio - statement expected soon

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The US arm of retailer Amazon has revealed an Ultimate Edition of EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which will include all of the content that has been released digitally since the game’s launch earlier this year. In the box is the original Limited Edition version of the game that includes …

The US video games market suffered a slight one per cent year-on-year decrease in July, with a total value reaching $846.5m. Hardware sales – driven by a great performance from the Xbox 360 Slim – were up 12 per cent at $313.8m, though software sales fell eight per cent to …

CLICK HERE FOR MCV’S FULLY UPDATED, COMPREHENSIVE RELEASE SCHEDULE. A relatively quiet week sees a handful of new releases heading to retail this week, but the High Street can still expect custom from sports fans. The biggest release of the week is EA’s Madden NFL 11, promising a ‘simpler, quicker, …