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Former Woolworths games boss Gerry Berkley has returned to the industry four months after the retailer closed, MCV can reveal. Berkley has been appointed trading manager for entertainment at the Shop Direct Group, which owns Littlewoods, Choice and Empire Stores. In February, Shop Direct bought the rights for the Woolworths …

MICROSOFT’s Xbox strategy boss Richard Teversham has quit the firm to join arch rival Apple, MCV can reveal. The popular exec leaves his role as senior director of business, insights and strategy for Xbox, where he reported in to European VP of the firm’s interactive entertainment, Chris Lewis. MCV understands …

iPhone app developers are being invited to join social games firm SGNâ??s in-app advertising network.

Shares in Activision Blizzard saw a sizable spike yesterday ahead of the publisher’s quarterly earnings report. On Wednesday Activision’s share price peaked at $11.16 after closing the day prior at $10.30. The encouraging jump follows Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes upgrading the company’s shares from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Buy’, claiming in …

Programmers take the lionâ??s share while testers remain starving

Console edition of The Witcher on hold as WideScreen Games and CD Projekt dispute the matter in public

Ubisoft has reported revenues for its full fiscal year 09 grew 14 per cent – despite a drop in Q4 sales. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008-09 came to €206 million, down 5.1 per cent – or 2.3 per cent at constant exchange rates – compared with the €217 …

Ubisoft has announced that a new Ghost Recon will hit shelves before April 2010. The game was revealed in the firm’s full year financial report, which saw Ubisoft post an annual sales jump of 14 per cent. The publisher also confirmed that Red Steel 2 will hit shelves this Christmas, …

The next Xbox 360/MCV Industry Pub Quiz takes place on Thursday May 21st at London’s Sway Bar, with a few teams and Round Sponsor slots still up for grabs. These popular networking events attract the biggest and best retailers and media, including GAME, Gamestation, HMV, Sainsburys, Tesco, Amazon and many …

Turner Broadcasting has promoted Cartoon Network’s Chris Waldron to the position of vice president of gaming operations. He will report to Turner’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media Group senior VP Paul Condolora. The full story is on MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz – click here to see.