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EA has released details on the perks including in the Limited Edition version of DICE’s upcoming console shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – but the biggest surprise is that the LE version will retail for the same price as the vanilla SKU of the game. Those lucky enough to get …

The 2009 edition of MCV’s 30 Under 30, our guide to the UK games industry’s hottest young talents, is published today. Available to read here online, here in our in-browser digital edition, or as part of our weekly PDF download, the guide is the definitive list of the UK execs …

GameCity 09: While the Katamari Damacy maestro envisions an FPS where the player grows into a giant

Click here to access the RETAIL BIZ Previews section for an in-depth look at some of the hottest titles due for release this month. Leading the way is Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed II, the eagerly awaited sequel to the 2007 smash hit. Once again delving into the realms of past assassins, …

Want to know who the trade’s hottest new talents are? Look no further. In this feature, MCV provides a guide – alphabetically, by surname – to some of the brightest young guns in the sector. 2009’s MCV 30 Under 30 is sponsored by OPM Recruitment, the leading specialist recruitment consultancy in …

Apple device accounts for just 1% of mobile game market, suggests Finblade

iPhone pricing model not the end, argues Harvey Elliott

UK distributior Gem is readying two new Xbox 360 Elite bundles, MCV can reveal. The new bundles have been put together with Paramount Pictures to support the upcoming releases of Star Trek and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on DVD. However the packs don’t include the movies on DVD – …

Konami is celebrating the triumph of its ‘much improved’ Pro Evolution Soccer series – after the latest iteration hits No.1 in the All Formats Chart. PES 2010 took the top spot in the ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack rankings on Monday, ahead of Microsoft’s Forza 3, EA’s FIFA 10 and Sega’s Mario And Sonic …

Activision’s wealthiest competitors are preparing themselves for a ‘Modern Warfare 2 Christmas’ – forecasting that the game will hit a record-breaking 1.7m UK sales in its opening week. According to sources close to top rival publishers, the figure has been estimated as the game secures 500,000 pre-orders at retail. If …