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US publisher Activision Blizzard has appointed Thibaud De Saint-Quentin as its new senior vice president and managing director of European publishing, with the role commencing on March 9th. De Saint-Quentin replaces the outgoing Joerg Trouvain, and will be tasked with overseeing the company’s strategy for Europe. He will be based …

Online retail specialist The Hut has bought up the rights to Zavvi’s online identity and portal, MCV can reveal. A new holding page on the Zavvi website yesterday promised that ‘exciting’ news was to be revealed at 10am this morning. However, come the hour no announcement was made, but the …

Spanish company aims to become Columbia's leading adaptation service

We spoke with by Realtime Worlds' production manager Russell Murray about how to improve your potential for a prospective role in production.

A new teaser page on the Zavvi website claims that ‘exciting’ news about the now-passed retailer will be announced tomorrow – Monday 2nd March, and more specifically, at 10am. The most likely news relates to Zavvi boss Simon Douglas who bought up five of his former outlets for his new …

Gusto Games' art director gives advice on finding a new career in art

Following on from John Koller’s bold statements about an exciting E3 for PS3 , SCEE has told MCV that new IP will feature in the line-up. SCEA’s director of hardware marketing John Koller said earlier that: At Destination Playstation we announced about half of the line up for the PSP …

It had appeared that Sony had got one over rival Microsoft when it announced earlier this week that the number of registered users on PSN has passed 20 million – but Xbox Live has to date made over five times as much money as Sony’ service. That’s the claim from …

Interested in a career in game art? Gusto Games art supervisor Gavin Cooper presents his tips on improving you prospects.

The surprise announcement of LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm, Assassin’s Creed, Dissidia Final Fantasy and Rock Band earlier this week made PSP the platform to watch in 2009 – and now Sony has added that half of it’s PSP slate for 2009 has yet to be revealed. At Destination Playstation we announced about …