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Activision-Blizzard has joined sector rival EA and industry analysts in admitting yesterday that the music game genre is facing tough times. Last night during its earnings call Activision Blizzard admitted that the music game genre is down significantly”. One explanation for the rapid decline in music game revenues might be …

A company called DDM.tv has in one fell swoop both answered a million prayers and made real a million nightmares by confirming an HD porn download service for owners of the PS3 – though it will only be available in Japan. Kotaku reports that DDM promises to bring Blu-ray quality …

Activisionâ??s DJ Hero rival set for early 2010 release

Transmission's cricket tie-in powered by NaturalMotion's animation tech

Profiling each team and their game in the key development contest

Click here to find the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, where you’ll find MCV’s definitive guide to some of the key releases approaching retail in the near future. This week, 505 Games’ IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey takes us to the skies as players are invited to recreate some of the …

Developer Rocksteady uses Nvidia's physics tech

But will IGDA board call official members vote?

Though we’re yet to hear the specific price of each title heading to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Games On Demand service next week, Joystiq is claiming that all titles will be priced between 1,600 MS Points (13.50) and 2,400 MS Points (20). This is good news for bricks and mortar retail …

With retail and consumers alike still getting to grips with the prospect of shelling out 54.99 for November’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has admitted that he would like to push prices even higher. When asked about the controversial subject as part of Activision’s post-financial …