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After what has felt like an eternity to many MCV readers judging by the comments on yesterday’s story, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack has finally arrived on PSN. The download costs 10.99 on the UK service – a full 79p more than it did on Xbox …

Organisers of Gamescom are hoping to tempt retailers to the show with free flights – and draw in consumers with the first public demos of Natal and Move. Show host Koelnmesse and German trade group BIU held a special presentation in London this week outlining plans to cement the expo’s …

At least 18 workers now at Zampella and Westâ??s new dev outfit

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