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Analyst group says developers and players are naturally divided on the value of narrative and cut-scenes

Labour will announce the new industry standard age classification system on Tuesday next week (June 16th) as part of its Digital Britain report, MCV can reveal. The news comes 12 months after the publication of the Government’s Byron Review, which recommended that the BBFC’s powers be increased in a hybrid …

Capcom will open The Gathering Hall, the UK’s first and only dedicated Monster Hunter gaming centre, this July. The area will be dedicated to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, the latest instalment in the long-running PSP RPG series that outsold all other games in Japan last year. The game debuts on …

Failure to secure additional VC funding sees Flash game ad business forced to shut down

Not content with having conquered the music, licensed and FPS genres with its banner titles like Guitar Hero and Call of Duty, Activision is planning to make a bold move into action genre, MCV can reveal. Activision Publishing CEO and president Mike Griffith revealed to MCV in an exclusive interview …

Cloud-based system to enter closed beta this summer

Publisher CEO reveals that it wants to enter $4bn genre to fuel expansion

Publisher EA confirms the existence of Battlefield 3 during a financial conference

Sony and Disney have announced details about the Hannah Montana PSP bundle first revealed at E3. Due to arrive in the PAL territories in October this year, the lilac-purple PSP-3000 will come packaged with Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show, which is the first game based on the Disney license …

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has differentiated the firm’s E3 performance from that of Sony and Microsoft – who he said concentrated on whiz bang” technology that might not even see the light of day”. Speaking to Gamespot in a video interview, Fils-Aime pledged that Nintendo would continue to …