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The latest instalment of EA’s MySims franchise – SkyHeroes – has been scheduled for release this autumn and is heading to Xbox 360 and PS3 for the first time, as well as the Wii and DS. The MySims series has sold strongly on the casual-focused Wii and DS formats and …

It’s the surprise hit that no-one saw coming and arguably the biggest success story of 2010, and now Ubisoft’s Just Dance has reached another important milestone – it has sold 1m units in the UK. It achieved the same feat in the US last month. In total the game has …

The Realtime Worlds producer to speak at Abertay about best-practice student training

Sega’s European MD Alan Pritchard will move to the US next month to become vice president of sales and marketing for Sega America, MCV can reveal. His replacement as the boss for Sega Europe will be Jurgen Post. Pritchard was promoted to Euro MD last year following a successful stint …

With motion control needing faith from the masses, Sony is keen to show thereâ??s no smoke and mirrors

Former European studios boss Gary Dunn appointed senior vice president for game development

Advert asks studios to build a game that re-engages young people with politics

Avoiding the competition or getting the jump on a key rival? Whatever you call it, EA has confirmed that it’s relaunch of the Medal of Honor franchise will arrive in the UK on October 15th – just 25 days ahead of Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. This will give …

It’s the most lucrative genre in the western video games market and EA now believes it is the best positioned publisher in the industry with regards to the FPS genre – and that’s the reason why it wasn’t in the race to sign a deal with Halo developer Bungie. Upcoming …

Organisers for the second annual Gamescom event are stepping up efforts to draw in the global gaming market. The next phase in that plan was announced today at a press conference in London, where it was announced that UK specialist retailers can fly to this year’s event for free. Event …