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Nearly a fifth of Modern Warfare 2 staff are out, reports suggest

Mad Catz has signed a five-year deal to provide peripherals for the Rock Band franchise. The agreement grants Mad Catz international rights to create and sell Rock Band controllers for future iterations of MTV and Harmonix’ music game. The deal includes Rock Band 3, due for release at the end …

Rockstar has high hopes for the upcoming Red Dead Redemption, but US analyst Michael Pachter has questioned whether it will become the blockbuster that publisher 2K Games intends. UK Rockstar boss Neil Stephen told MCV earlier this month: RDR is incredibly beautiful and on an unprecedented scale. This, combined with …

Long-term servant of the games industry and current life president of Eidos Ian Livingstone was awarded a British Inspiration Award for his work in the interactive entertainment sector at this afternoon’s inaugural event. The Awards were set up to honour the top creative minds in Britain across a range of …

Keiji Inafune, the veteran Capcom designer responsible for some of the publisher’s most iconic brands, has been promoted to a new role overlooking the firm’s global output. The Mega Man creator raised eyebrows at last year’s Tokyo Game Show by openly stating that Japan is dead” as a modern game …

Pivotal July 14 event cuts table prices as part of a special early bird rate

Party unsure of when the document will appear

The Games Workshop founder and Eidos life president grabs Interactive Entertainment prize

Konami will hold a series of events featuring development legend Hideo Kojima to promote Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the firm has told MCV. The Japanese publisher claims the upcoming release is ‘the most anticipated PSP title of all time’, and will back it with an online and print marketing …

Intent Media’s Sourcebook is back this July. The annual guide to the leading service companies operating within the European games industry will have a print circulation of 20,000 copies. An online version will be promoted all year via MCV, Develop, CasualGaming.biz, PCR, and Mobile Entertainment. The sectors this year’s guide …