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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 …

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 …

Action epic Enslaved is crucial to the realisation of Namco Bandai’s Western dream, the firm has told MCV. The company announced last year that it wants to become one of the top five games publisher worldwide. But its Japanese-heavy line-up has become a barrier in trying to reach US and …

Action epic Enslaved is crucial to the realisation of Namco Bandai’s Western dream, the firm has told MCV. The company announced last year that it wants to become one of the top five games publisher worldwide. But its Japanese-heavy line-up has become a barrier in trying to reach US and …

Radical new gaming operation OnLive should launch in the UK by the end of next year, following a US launch this month. The system processes games content on external servers, and streams an image feed directly through to a TV or computer, negating the need for a console or high …

Radical new gaming operation OnLive should launch in the UK by the end of next year, following a US launch this month. The system processes games content on external servers, and streams an image feed directly through to a TV or computer, negating the need for a console or high …