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So, were you one of the chosen ones? Finalists for the 2010 MCV Industry Excellence Awards have been chosen (scroll down for the full list below if you just can’t wait) – and over 60 companies are in the running for the hotly-contested awards. Activision and Ubisoft score the most …

Having made the headlines for suggesting that Valve’s ownership of digital distribution portal Steam lead to a conflict of interest” last year, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has moved to calm the waters surrounding his comments. Look, Valve and Gearbox have had a relationship for a long time and it’s incredible …

Studio CEO says the project was put on hold after a license was attached to it

The VVVVVV creator gets the rapid-fire question treatment

While the Avalanche CEO implies that reckless studio acquisitions are â??an American thingâ??

EVE Online developer purportedly taps talent from fallen studio Midway Newcastle

Christofer Sundberg believes the industry has become a â??big chicken farmâ? following the recession

Pt2: CEO Christofer Sundberg discusses the state of indie studios

The GAME Group has announced that it is to close 43 of its outlets owing to the the tougher market conditions that it faces in 2010”. In total, 12 GAME stores, six Gamestation stores and all 25 of its Debenhams concessions will cease trading. The result will be 247 redundancies. …

The specialist press has been fighting its corner after a mixed bag of ABC results. Nintendo, PlayStation and PC magazines all posted year-on-year readership declines – although Imagine and Uncooked’s 360 publications were both up. Edge saw a fractional increase, while multi-formats GamesMaster and GamesTM dropped as well. Despite the …