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Batman Arkham Asylum will be one of the biggest titles of the year and set a new benchmark for licensed video games, says Eidos. The claim follows similar bold comments by Activision Blizzard, who last week told MCV that Modern Warfare 2 had the potential to be the ‘No. 1 …

Former Play.com head of games Gian Luzio has joined rising online retailer The Hut as product director. During his seven-year stint at Play, Luzio was instrumental in leading the firm to three MCV Awards in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and the games team claimed the Golden Joystick awards for best …

Opening weekend sales of Nintendo’s DSi generated 14 million for UK retailers, MCV estimates 92,000 DSi units were sold in the device’s first three days on sale, making the system the fourth-fastest selling console in UK history. Senior product manager for DS James Honeywell told MCV: DSi’s launch is just the beginning …

Supermarket behemoth Tesco has vowed to become a dominant force in video games retail after snapping up key personnel from EUK. The firm told MCV this week that it will forge stronger relationships with suppliers and increase dedicated games shelf space, in a bid to shake off a reputation as …

Publishers’ European media and trade events are becoming few and far between – as the recession bites and firms turn their heads to a less US-centric E3. MCV can reveal that Ubisoft this week became the latest publisher to drop its popular European trade event – Ubidays. The two-day expo …

Xbox co-creator turned developers' agent says industry needs to keep looking for stars of tomorrow

Technical director Adrian Hawkins one why a 'one size fits all' approach doesn't fit Kuju

Weâ??ve looked at some emerging technologies, but what about the future for your bread-and-butter engine? Kujuâ??s technical director Adrian Hawkins discusses its recent tech decisions and how itâ??s preparing for the next generation...

...but The Sims and Spore mastermind will work on new IP venture Stupid Fun Club with the firm

Sony UK’s long-running semi-official” European PlayStation blog Three Speech is to close its digital doors on April 17th and will be replaced by a brand new EU PlayStation portal. A statement on the site reads: It’s your feedback, comments and suggestions that have made this possible, so you should all …