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Click here to browse through the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, home to MCV’s in-depth guide to some of the biggest titles due to hit shelves over the next month. This week, we take a look at Activision Blizzard’s DJ Hero, the upcoming scratch-‘em-up that stands to revolutionise and expand the …

Out-of-pocket developers must deal with company's administrators, Jim Scott reveals

For Part Two of our Charlie Brooker interview, click here. For Part Three of our Charlie Brooker interview, click here. In Part One of our three part interview, we discuss what Brooker makes of the criticism of the show and find out that gaming hasn’t always been seen as something …

In the biggest offensive ever mounted against the piracy-enabling R4 Flash card device, Nintendo and Capcom have joined forces with 53 other unspecified games publishers to file a lawsuit against four retailers who currently sell the device. Gamasutra reports that the joint action follows moves earlier this year under the …

Ex-Amazon finance director John Pollard has launched his own online video game retail website. According to the Lancashire Telegraph, Playgamesuk.com is based in Preston Road in Ribchester and Pollard hopes to double his company’s 1 million turnover. They basically sold games they no longer wanted and it proved so popular …

Konami has confirmed that Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will not arrive on retail shelves this year. The game has previously been dated as a vague ‘Autumn 2009′ release, but a representative for the publisher told MCV: This has now slipped to February.” Shattered Memories is a remake of the original …

Crytek CEO calls it â??the best development solution available todayâ?

TV ads for Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games will appear on seven kids channels simultaneously, MCV can reveal. The 90 second creatives will appear at 5:15 tomorrow (Friday), on Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network Too, Boomerang, Nickelodeon, Nick Toons, Disney XD and CITV. The activity is part of …

The ‘new’ owner of Oxygen’s assets has told MCV that developers have been left out of pocket following the firm’s fall into administration. OG International purchased Oxygen’s IP and stock after the firm went into administration this week. The international sales and distribution firm is headed by Jim Scott – …

Games analyst Nicholas Lovell explains why free doesnâ??t mean unprofitable