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MCV’s look back at how the games industry fared during the last decade continues with a focus on what happened in 2003. Michael French flicks through the archives and reads about N-Gage, the strugglign GameCube and yet more audacious advertising… Check out the full story in our features section.

The Abu Dhabi Government has set up content creation firm Twofour54 to drastically improve the Middle East games market – and is keen for UK companies to help achieve its aim. The new initiative is designed to assist companies and people to create TV shows, films and video games aimed …

Continuing our look at the formative games industry events of the decade, we look back to 2002, when the war between format-holders began to heat up… The features section has the full thing.

$600.5m raised this year, down on $936.8m in 2008

New US conference set up to explore stereoscopic games

Association moves to 'dispel the myths' about lobbying - and reveals Govt's reasoning behind rejection of tax relief

THQ’s lengthy legal battle with WWE over a joint venture the publisher set up with toy firm Jakks Pacific has finally come to a close. Wrestling organisation WWE had initiated legal proceedings as far back as 2004 under allegations of commercial bribery – it claimed Jakks had paid the former …

Music game firm has now become profitable

Popular console/PC engine set for mobile debut - watch the video here

THQ’s Rory Donnelly has been promoted to the position of senior vice president of European publishing. The announcement comes as the publisher pushes to strengthen its presence and operations in the region. In his new role, Donnelly has been tasked with leading THQ’s European business back to profitability in line …