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Following a troubled few months at its UK operations, a number of redundancies have been made at the Australian arm of video games retailer GAME. In addition, the chain has reshuffled a number of key executive positions and has plans to close several of its outlets. MCV has been lead …

CG animation firm announces eleven new employees to help with major projects

CG animation firm announces eleven new employees to help with major projects

One of the world’s largest pornography companies has revealed that it held talks with Sony over the possibility of setting up a HD porn streaming and download service on PSN. However, Vivid Video founder and co-chairman Steven Hirsh told CVG that discussions concerning the creation of an age-locked VOD service …

One of the world’s largest pornography companies has revealed that it held talks with Sony over the possibility of setting up a HD porn streaming and download service on PSN. However, Vivid Video founder and co-chairman Steven Hirsh told CVG that discussions concerning the creation of an age-locked VOD service …

Following the surprise success of THQ’s UFC 2009 Undisputed last year, hopes are high for the recently released sequel – but one analyst reports that UFC 2010 is failing to meet the high expectations. Last year THQ’s maiden UFC outing shipped over 3.5m copies, helping the publisher to what European …

Following the surprise success of THQ’s UFC 2009 Undisputed last year, hopes are high for the recently released sequel – but one analyst reports that UFC 2010 is failing to meet the high expectations. Last year THQ’s maiden UFC outing shipped over 3.5m copies, helping the publisher to what European …

Microsoft has denied claims made by a South African distributor that Xbox360 has had a rather rough time in South Africa”. Apex Interactive director Quinton Davie told MCV last month that the console has been plagued with an extraordinarily high failure rate on the hardware when it was initially launched, …

Microsoft has denied claims made by a South African distributor that Xbox360 has had a rather rough time in South Africa”. Apex Interactive director Quinton Davie told MCV last month that the console has been plagued with an extraordinarily high failure rate on the hardware when it was initially launched, …

Online RPG The Lord of the Rings Online will receive a major update this Q3 allowing gamers to play the title entirely for free. The MMO currently adopts a subscription-based payment model which costs players 8.99 per month. New gamers also have access to a ten-day free trial. From this …