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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 …

Nintendo has this morning revealed that its DS console has topped 113 milion sales worldwide, as part of its six-monthly fiscal results. 11.7m DS units were sold in the six month period to September 30th, taking the console’s global installed base to 113.48m worldwide. 13.7m were sold in the previous …

Nintendo has confirmed that the DSi XL will launch in Europe in Q1 2010. The system boasts two 4.2-inch screens, an extra large stylus and three DSiWare titles. "Nintendo today confirms that a new Nintendo DSi XL console is launching in Europe in the first quarter of 2010," said a …

Katamari Damacy creator discusses past and future projects, the state of Japan, and playgrounds