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Microsoft has revealed it will be launching a music streaming service this month that could appear on Xbox 360. The company claims the service should be ready by the end of July and will be akin to Spotify, allowing users to stream music for free or purchase downloadable tracks. Speaking …

Primary schools also identified as the front line in strengthening UK industry

Disney boss Graham Hopper has told MCV that the firm is glad other publishers are finally catching up” to the ‘tween’ market in games. Speaking in an exclusive interview, Hopper said that Disney felt it has been part of the creation” of the market, which is driven by young female …

With its family brand and popular franchises, Disney sits where gaming hits mass market acceptance. Here, games boss Graham Hopper talks to Michael French about the recession, new IP and tween consumers… At E3 many publishers were talking about tween gaming, but Disney has been in that space for a …

SPECIAL REPORT: New content pipeline and cheaper, smaller download games on the way

'It wonâ??t be long before 100 per cent of games are all online,' says veteran designer

Publisher Take-Two has announced that Bioshock 2 will now ship in the 2010 financial year. The firm has also revised its expected revenues down, and now hopes to generate between $350 million to $400 million for the fourth quarter, and between $0.96 to 1 billion for the full business year. …

A look at the fully-featured, free engine in the PS3 SDK

Illicit internet filesharing is on the decline in the UK, if new research is to be believed. Statistics established by research groups Music Ally and The Leading Question suggest that more internet users are turning from torrent files to legal alternatives. The groups state that, in January, around 17 per …

Publisher Sega has revealed that Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games, the existence of which was exclusively broken by MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz, will be released in Europe on both Wii and the DS on October 16th. The dual-SKU release brings both the home and portable versions in …