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Zavvi administrator Ernst & Young has closed 22 of the retailer’s UK stores – leading to the redundancy of 178 employees. That brings the total of Zavvi employees now without a job to 241, after 69 staff lost their jobs at the retailer’s London HQ last week. The Joint Administrators …

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Infinity Ward has unveiled a series of impressive Call of Duty 4 statistics, revealing that over ten million Xbox Live users have played the game since the title’s launch in 2007. The data, which was posted on the Infinity Ward blog IAMfourzerotwo, included a detailed break down on how many …

Sony has confirmed on its North American PlayStation Blog that a significant update to its PlayStation Home service will go live this week – brining with it the intriguing Red Bull Air Race island . The sponsored space will feature a number of branded Red Bull events, with the headline …

Atari has told MCV that Ghostbusters the video game will launch on Friday June 19th to coincide with the franchise’s 25th anniversary. The game features an all-new adventure from the film’s script writers, and reunites stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. The game will also be …

Having missed its previously scheduled launch alongside Microsoft’s recent New Xbox Experience dashboard upgrade for the Xbox 360, the platform holder yesterday announced at US technology show CES that its game show Primetime channel will arrive in the spring. Xbox Live Primetime promises a selection of online multiplayer game show …

New 'playground'-creation tool aims to bring game design to all ages

EA’s even casual-er interpretation of its leading casual franchise The Sims is to get two new sequels on both the Nintendo Wii and DS later this year in the form of MySims Racing and MySims Party. For more details on the titles, click here to visit MCV’s sister site and …

A new medical report from the PLoS One Journal has claimed that playing Tetris can alleviate the effects of post traumatic stress disorder by preventing the brain from ‘laying down’ harmful memories of the event. You’re one click away from the full story – one tiny click.

Publisher Hudson has announced that Bomberman 2 for Nintendo DS will explode onto shelves February 13th. The game boasts a ‘visual make-over,’ a more open play area and the chance for gamers to customise Bomberman’s appearance and capabilities. The title also features a full Wi-Fi mode, where up to eight …