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Over 20 MPs and Lords on hand to provide a forum for discussion on how the industry can be aided

The second part of our interview with OnLive's Mike McGarvey

Bizarre explains why Blur will take a different approach to Criterion's ongoing downloadable updates

Part two of our interview with Bizarre's Peter McCabe and Ben Ward

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