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Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner discusses the film-game crossover

The vicious commercial battleground that is the Apple App Store is to get a high-profile airing on British TV tonight as Five’s The Gadget Show engages in a spot of App war. Presenters Jason Bradbury and Suzi Perry will both set out to make a successful iPhone application, with the …

â??I sometimes feel like I'm seeing the same trailer over and over,â? says POP dev and screenwriter

MCV has today tied up deals to ensure that retail circulation is not affected by any potential Royal Mail strikes. Up to 4,000 additional copies will be published every week, with direct distribution to all key store managers and indies around the country. The increased total circulation starts this week, …

Developer â??tired of PC engines shoe-horned into consolesâ??

FA Simms & Partners Ltd appointed as administrators

UK publishing outfit Oxygen Games has fallen into administration, MCV can reveal. The UK company was best known for its PDC World Championship Darts games, and recently released crime-solving title Cate West: The Vanishing Files on DS and Wii. MCV understands that Carolynn Clark and Martin Buttriss at FA Simms …

Chongqing University offers students the chance to be a Certified Emergent User

GAME’s admission that pre-owned sales (sock!) offer better margins than new releases and are (pow!) set to grow beyond providing a quarter of its revenues has no doubt gone down about as well with ELSPA’s members as a Christmas Card from the BBFC. For years, the retail-publishing alliance have abided …

The launch of the upcoming Facebook and Twitter integration with Xbox Live has been called into question after a date was seemingly announced this weekend. VG247 reported on Saturday that Microsoft’s official UK Xbox website had announced Facebook, Twitter and LastFM would be coming to Xbox 360 on November 17th. …