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Activision’s Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will arrive in stores on September 24th, available with or without a new customisable guitar controller. Warriors of Rock is the sixth entry in the Guitar Hero franchise – a series that has sold more than 44m units to date. The game features a …

A listing on the site of retailer Play.com has pointed to a 199.99 RRP for Nintendo’s next handheld, the 3DS. As spotted by CVG, though the main page for the device doesn’t carry a price, if a user continues to browse the site the 3DS shows up in their ‘Recently …

Tim Chaney talks Zattikka's recent cash injection and future plans

GDC Europe: Epic Mickey designer encourages inspiration from other media, as long as games donâ??t lose themselves in doing so

This year’s Gamescom event will boast more exhibitors from more countries than ever before. Gamescom 2010 kicks off on Wednesday August 18th at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. MCV will be offering unprecedented coverage of the event and is operating an MCV News Zone throughout the show, with updates and trade …

In this week's column, Lovell look's at how the role of sales has changed in the self-publishing world

To read the print version of the guide either print out this PDF or head over to Yudu to view the digital edition of MCV. Cologne’s Gamescom trade and consumer expo is back next week, after its hugely successful 2009 debut. It all kicks off from August 18th – but …

Publisher THQ has lifted the lid on a brand new entry in the Red Faction series – and it won’t be heading to retail. Called Red Faction: Battlegrounds, it will be released exclusively on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. In March of this year core games vie president …

Heavy Rain has smashed Sony’s sales expectations by shifting 1.5 million units worldwide, says developer David Cage. Speaking at GDC Europe in Cologne, the Quantic Dream founder said the title would sell 2m units before the year is up. Back in April, Cage predicted the game would only sell 1.5m …

GDC Europe: Quantic Dream boss David Cage jokes at narrative standards in todayâ??s games