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Sony has refused to grant its Sony Ericsson joint venture permission to use its PlayStation branding on phones, according to Mobile Today . The decision was apparently made in December following a series of pitches on the grounds that the troubled handset maker couldn’t guarantee a good enough user experience. …

Leading games development title distributed at popular February conference for industry execs

MCV today provides a must-read guide to landing the job you’ve always wanted in games, whether it’s your first post – or you’re angling for a management role. Our experts in each of the market’s key fields offer sage advice to readers on how to find their dream job, apply …

Japanese developer and publisher Square Enix has told MCV that the European release date for Final Fantasy FXIII has yet to be decided. The comments come after a Forbes interview with Square Enix president Yoichi Wada in which it is claimed that the exec stated that the game would be …

Chief Operating Officer of Take Two Gary Dale will leave the company on April 15th. In a company filing released today, Take Two reported that Dale’s employment as COO ‘will terminate effective on April 15th, 2009 and the Company will have no further material obligations to Mr. Dale beyond that …

EA’s John Riccitiello, Resi 5 producer Jun Takeuchi and SCE WWS VP Michael Denny are just three of the industry execs signed up to speak at next month’s D.I.C.E. Summit. The event returns to the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas on February 18th to 20th and features "a line-up …

Multiplay has announced the return of consumer specialist games event, M Festival. M Festival Spring will take place at Stoneleigh Park from 10th to 13th April 2009. The festival will return to Stoneleigh Park after last year’s successful August event. Visitors to M Festival will be able to interact with …

A number of readers who turn to our site alone for all their latest industry news rather than the print edition of MCV as well have this morning asked for more details on how we collated data and calculated the averages for our 2009 Games Industry Salary Survey. So, for …

Epic has revealed that Gears of War 2 has sold four million units worldwide in just two months. The figure means that the game has performed double that of the first title, which sold through two million copies in the same period. Global product manager Guy Welch told GameDaily: The …

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