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Following last week’s news that the North American video games market grew by 19 per cent to hit $21.33bn last year, NPD figures have also shown that the Canadian industry in isolation also enjoyed significant growth, CBC reports. Sales of consoles, games and accessories in the region totalled $2.09bn in …

Leading US business journal Forbes has published a detailed tribute to the personal success of Activision and Blizzard CEO and president Bobby Kotick, explaining how the entrepreneur used the EA publishing model to build the now biggest games publisher in the world. The article reads: When Kotick stumbled across his …

Counter-credit crunch measures could aid struggling studios

Mayaâ??s tenth anniversary edition profiled in depth

The MCV Awards return to The Brewery on Thursday April 23rd – and you now have one month to help us decide who makes the shortlist. By lobbying the MCV team, you can nominate yourself or another oustanding individual or company which has gone the extra mile in the last …

Ernie Cormier takes the reigns at mobile joystick firm, co-founder Beth Marcus now CTO.

New Xpress Suite component allows reuse of existing code

Publisher Sega plans to capitalise on a lack of core Wii software, with a line-up of new adult IP. Speaking to MCV, MD of Sega Europe North Alan Pritchard and UK sales director John Clark feels that the success of Red Steel and Resident Evil 4 shows there is room …

LONDON FOCUS: Developâ??s week of features looking the capitalâ??s studios

In a stark sign of the times Eidos-owned Danish developer Io Interactive, the studio behind ultra-violent assassination series Hitman, has unveiled it’s latest title – super-cute adventure outing Mini Ninjas. For the complete story, click here to head over to MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz.